The public charges of the Government and the Presidency of Turkey will use WhatsApp to unite with the local BiP encrypted application, belonging to Turkcell, the Turkish telecommunications mayor, Bloomberg informs.
Ankara’s decision has been made despite WhatsApp announcing its new privacy policy, which includes the Facebook data sharing. Users who wish to continue using the application will accept their new terms and conditions as of February 8th.
Ali Taha Koç, director of the Office for the Digital Transformation of the Turkish Presidency, public saw a series of tits in which the WhatsApp terms “unacceptable” and instead of Turkish citizens to pass national platforms like Bip and Dedi. “Like President Erdogan, we’ll be right together against digital fascism! “, wrote Koç.