By John Glenday

China has taken action to block and otherwise disrupt access to Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp, part of a five-year cycle of punitive restrictions associated with the gathering of Communist Party officials – due to take place next month.

Chinese users have suffered from a partial unavailability of services since the clampdown which has seen the app blocked completely for periods, forcing users to resort to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in order to communicate for much of the past week.

That disruption has continued with users located within China unable to send video messages or photographs to Read full story ›

Source: The Drum