A virtual hunt for Islamic State fighters

Noura Hourani, Maria Nelson, Middle East Eye, The network: A virtual hunt for Islamic State fighters fleeing Syria "Over a secret WhatsApp group, hundreds of Syrian volunteers work to stop IS members slipping away before justice is served."

Halla Walla!

BBC News, Meet the new Arab emojis perking up Dubai's WhatsApp chats "They called it "HALLA WALLA" - which is Arabic slang for "Hi there!", and a common greeting around Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain."

Islamic State tells supporters to quit messaging apps for fear of U.S. bombs

reuters.com, Islamic State tells supporters to quit messaging apps for fear of U.S. bombs, 1 Dec 2016 " Islamic state has told its members to stop using internet-based communication apps like WhatsApp and Telegram on smartphones, suspecting they are being used by the U.S.-led coalition to track and kill its commanders."

'The reluctant jihadi'

Guardian, Robert F. Worth, The reluctant jihadi: how one recruit lost faith in Isis "[But] ... some of the true believers who arrived in the Islamic State were discovering that life there was not quite the paradise they had imagined. A new narrative – of disillusionment, of horror, of black comedy – was slowly leaking out from the inside. Abu Ali would become one of its voices."

UK spying laws

Independent, UK spying laws: Government introduces law requiring WhatsApp and iMessage to break their own security, 1 Mar 2016

Whatsapp used to fight terrorism in Islington

Islington Gazette, Whatsapp used to fight terrorism in Islington "The Angel Business Improvement District (BID) has set up a mobile phone messaging group where managers will be sent urgent police alerts and images of people in the area suspected of being extremists."

'Saudi cousins lashed for ‘exchanging insults’ on Whatsapp'

alarabiya.net, Saudi cousins lashed for ‘exchanging insults’ on Whatsapp, 22 Jul 2014 "The Criminal Court in the city of Jeddah sentenced two Saudi women to 10 days in jail and 20 lashes each for exchanging insults via text and WhatsApp messages, Okaz daily reported Tuesday."

WhatsApp faces ban in Iran over 'American Zionist' Zuckerberg

Techie News, WhatsApp faces ban in Iran over 'American Zionist' Zuckerberg "Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, head of the country’s Committee on Internet Crimes, announced the ban, saying that “the reason for this is the adoption of WhatsApp by the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is an American Zionist.”"