WhatsApp is blocking links to a competing messenger app

The Verge
By Russell BrandomNov 30, 2015, 12:58 pm104 pts
This morning, Telegram users on WhatsApp noticed something strange. The chat app was blocking any links to Telegram.me, a rival chat app that grew popular in the wake of earlier WhatsApp outages. The URLs still appeared as messages, but they did not register as hyperlinks and users were blocked from copying…

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