China ta toshe shahararriyar sakon nan take ta Whatsapp. New York Times ya ruwaito bayan masana tsaro sun tabbatar da labarin. Tun watan Yuli, gwamnatin China ta toshe musayar hotuna da bidiyo ta hanyar manhajar. Kuma yanzu ya hana ko da saƙonnin rubutu, yana toshe babban amfani da Whatsapp.
Nadim Kobeissi, wani masanin rubutun kalmomi ne a Symbolic Software kuma shi ma wanda ke sa ido kan takunkumi a China ya gaya wa Gari cewa "Ainihi, da alama abin da muka sa ido a farko a matsayin takunkumi na hoto na WhatsApp, bidiyo da damar raba bayanan murya a cikin watan Yuli yanzu ya canza zuwa abin da ya zama daidaitaccen saƙon saƙon rubutu yana toshewa kuma yana jibge a cikin ƙasar Sin."
Bayar da rahoto cewa an katange sabis ɗin gaba ɗaya kuma ana iya samunsa ta hanyar VPNs (hanyoyin sadarwar masu zaman kansu) waɗanda zasu iya kewaye bangon intanet na China. Amma, ya zama tilas a sami lasisin da gwamnati ta bayar don duk masu samar da VPN. Don toshe saƙonnin rubutu na Whatsapp wanda ke amfani da Protocol na Noise Socket, China ta inganta bangon ta.
Dalilin da yasa China ta dauki matakin toshe Whatsapp na iya zama saboda taron kasa na 19 na Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta China da za a yi a watan gobe. Wannan taron ganawa mai mahimmanci yana gudana duk bayan shekaru biyar, yana tattara kusan wakilai Jam'iyya 2,200 daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar. China na iya tsaurara takunkumi saboda aikace-aikacen aika saƙon nan take Whatsapp yana ba masu amfani damar ɓoye-ɓoye, yana hana wasu ɓangarorin su shiga cikin tattaunawar hirarsu. Tare da toshe hanyoyin musayar sakonnin tes a kan Whatsapp, mutane za su zabi wasu aikace-aikacen ta daban kamar WeChat, wanda zai baiwa gwamnatin China damar duba bayanan sirri na ‘yan kasar ta.
Wannan ba shine karo na farko da China ke hana wata manhaja amfani da ‘yan kasarta ba. Kimanin mashahuran ƙa'idodin 171 da rukunin yanar gizo an toshe su a cikin ƙasar China. Jerin manhajojin da gwamnatin ta dakatar a tarihinta sun hada da Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Twitter da Wikipedia. Ban da aikace-aikacen balloons masu kala, duk sauran aikace-aikacen Facebook (tun shekara ta 2009) an toshe su a cikin Sin. Har yanzu bai tabbata ba idan haramcin na dindindin ne ko na ɗan lokaci ne. Zai iya rushe kasuwancin kamfanin idan toshewar ta kasance ta dindindin. Whatsapp ya ki yin tsokaci game da wannan takunkumin.