China, North Korea and 4 other countries that have banned WhatsApp and why

Apple removed Meta’s WhatsApp from its App Store in China last month. The company then complied with China’s internet regulator’s – Cyberspace Administration order. In April this year, WhatsApp filed a plea with the Delhi high court to challenge India’s 2021 IT rules for social media intermediaries, ‘threatening’ to leave the country if asked to break end-to-end-encryption.