Reuters
China's parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations.
Chinese officials say their country faces a growing threat from militants and separatists, especially in its unruly Western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in violence in the past few years.
WhatsApp introduced a brand new privacy feature for its users. This new WhatsApp feature lets its users hide their online status in chats.
Meta has recently updated the privacy policy for its applications, including Instagram and Facebook. When it comes to WhatsApp, these current privacy policies are not applied.
WhatsApp says that the intention of launching WhatsApp View Once Feature is to automatically enhance user privacy by eliminating messaging after a specified period
"allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations."
Yyyyup that's going to go well Internationally if China just randomly turns up and conducts operations in other countries.