Maduro called on Aug 5, 2024, to boycott the popular messaging application WhatsApp, alleging that military, police and community leaders who defend his controversial re-election have received ‘threats’ through this channel. — AFP
President Nicolás Maduro asked his supporters to remove WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app, from their phones, as he said it’s being used by “fascists” to spread violence.
Speaking under the rain at a rally called by the ruling party’s youth branch, Maduro called for a “voluntary, progressive and radical withdraw” from WhatsApp. He said he was instead switching to Telegram and the Chinese messaging app WeChat.
