WhatsApp continues to introduce various features for the convenience of users, but this time WhatsApp has come up with an interesting news regarding internet usage.
According to Indian media, a feature is being developed by WhatsApp, following which users will not need internet to share photos, videos and documents.
That is, WhatsApp users can use this feature even when they are offline, but some specific conditions will be required for this feature.
While WhatsApp claims that chats are end-to-end encrypted, shared files will also be encrypted.
The presence of Starlink in Indonesia is still causing polemics. Players in the national telecommunications industry sector have even expressed their objections to the presence of the company made by Elon Musk.
Secretary General of the Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII) Zulfadly Syam said that his party might understand the objections and protests of several APJII and also telecommunications companies. With quite large financial strength plus support from several officials in Indonesia for Starlink, it makes entrepreneurs worried.
“Because of the large financial support plus the ease of licensing provided by officials, friends are worried that there won’t be any equal playing field. APJII still hopes that the government will not give permission to Starlink to sell its products directly to the public. “If the government wants to grant permission, APJII hopes that the government can impose the same requirements for all telecommunications operators who will do business in Indonesia,” said Zulfadly.
So that its presence can provide added value to the national telecommunications industry, Zulfadly hopes that the government will ensure that Starlink does not directly sell its services to the Indonesian people. Without applying for a permit to provide telecommunications services, Zulfadly said Starlink might still provide internet services via satellite technology Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEO). The way to do this is by establishing partnerships with telecommunications service providers who are members of APJII.
With no less than 1027 members spread throughout Indonesia, Zulfadly is confident that telecommunications service providers who are members of APJII have an established infrastructure and sales network. With this infrastructure, continued Zulfadly, Starlink does not need to spend large investments to get consumers. Starlink can utilize the end user infrastructure that has been built by APJII members to create mutually beneficial collaboration in a B2B model that optimizes local human resource development.
“APJII welcomes and hopes for a joint discussion forum between Starlink, APJII, and representatives of APJII members from various regions as a first step in building closer cooperation. We welcome and are open to Starlink collaborating better with APJII members to expand the reach of its services in Indonesia. “Our members really know the right market for Starlink products,” explained Zulfadly in his press release.
Without having a telecommunications services license, Starlink can collaborate with APJII. This collaboration gives telecommunications service providers who are members of APJII the ability to expand their market share once more. Zulfadly added, so far many APJII members have had problems developing their services. Especially in areas that have challenging geographical conditions.
“So collaboration and cooperation between APJII members and Starlink has enormous benefits for both parties. Starlink focuses on selling backhaul to APJII members. Meanwhile, telecommunications service providers focus on running and seeking internet market share who want to use LEO satellite services. “There is still a lot of market share that needs to be worked on jointly between APJII and Starlink members,” concluded Zulfadly.
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By Le Figaro with Reuters
Published on 04/03/2024 at 9:43 p.m.
Around 12,000 US users have reported issues with the messaging platform. tashatuvango / stock.adobe.com
More than 20,000 users in India, around 46,000 in the UK and more than 42,000 in Brazil have reported issues with the platform.
WhatsApp, the messaging application owned by Meta, suffered an outage on Wednesday, April 3, according to the website Downdetector.com. This results in an inability to send messages, but also to receive them. Calls are also impossible.
About 12,000 U.S. users have reported issues with the messaging platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by gathering status reports from a number of sources, including errors reported by users on its platform.
Global outage
More than 20,000 users in India, around 46,000 in the UK and more than 42,000 in Brazil have also reported issues with the platform, according to Downdetector data. Around 4,800 people also experienced issues with Instagram in the United States, according to Downdetector.
While the various services gradually become available once more, Whatsapp has indicated on “some people face problems” and promises to work “100%” to the complete recovery of the platform.
Last month, hundreds of thousands of users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram sites were affected for more than two hours following an outage caused by a technical problem.
Two men, José HA and Iván G., aged 34 and 21, have been arrested accused of sexual assault of at least four underage girls. They both form Los Petazetaz, a duo that produces content for social networks on two accounts on TikTok and Instagram that have almost 80,000 followers. Their impact among the younger sector is what allowed them to contact their victims, whom they invited to their home, where they allegedly drugged them and then sexually assaulted them. The detainees also recorded the girls while they were having sex without them being aware in many cases. Both were arrested a little over a month ago and the judge ordered JH to go to prison.
The investigation began in December, when the police received a complaint from two acquaintances of the tiktokers regarding possible sexual assaults in an apartment in the Madrid district of Villa de Vallecas. In that first complaint, the agents were already alerted that the alleged perpetrators of these crimes might be taking advantage of their fame on social networks to attract young people. The influencers They didn’t even insist, their popularity brought them closer to their victims. After the first investigations, investigators from the Family and Women Care Units (UFAM) identified four possible victims of these two men. All of them remembered what happened and acknowledged having been victims, but they had not reported it out of fear or shame.
As the police have been able to find out, the detainees supplied narcotics to the girls with the excuse of playing games and, when they had their will subdued, they attacked them and recorded them without them being aware in most cases. To do this, they used their cell phones and recording devices that were in the house. The victims were attracted by their popularity on social networks, where they published videos of absurd humor and did interviews in nightclubs and entertainment venues.
When they stayed at his house, they took out what they called “chorri”, which was nothing other than GHB, a depressant substance that produces euphoria and is used in many cases of chemical submission. It is a liquid and transparent substance that can be poured into the drink or consumed directly. They played to see “who doubled first.” On other occasions, the detainees told the girls that they had used drugs for free and that they had to perform a sexual act on them to pay for them.
In some cases, the girls were unconscious, while in others they were very affected. The investigation has identified four victims who were attacked and another with whom they attempted it. The police have accessed a video recorded in first person by the oldest of those arrested, José H., which was later distributed through instant messaging services without her being aware.
José H. was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes of sexual assault, one crime of rape, exhibitionism, child pornography and five crimes once morest public health. The second detainee, Iván, is charged with the crime of sexual assault. At the time of entering the home to carry out the search, on January 24, the agents found another minor who had also been a victim of these events.
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In addition, numerous electronic storage devices, different quantities of narcotic substances and two mobile phones were located. After being brought to justice, one of them was ordered immediately imprisoned, but he was released this week. The UFAM researchers in charge of the operation, named Network, do not rule out that they may identify more victims.
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