A joke can leave you without WhatsApp and with problems of justice

The application registers an unusual activity of some members of the group and proceeds to the indefinite suspension of all members of the group. All members see the same poster with the suggestion. By contacting Wathsapp support ([email protected]), users receive the following message: "We have reason to believe that the activity of your account violated our Terms of Use and we decided to keep your account suspended We receive a large amount of money.In case of complaints about your account and to protect the privacy of our users, we will not disclose the nature of these claims.The responses to this email will not be read. "

This same sequence was recorded during the last hours in Corrientes, Santiago de Chile and, this week, at Cristoforo Colombo de Belgrano and San Lucas School of Zona Norte, among others.

Why suspend the WhatsApp account?

Recently, the app closed millions of accounts worldwide after an investigation that revealed that the email service was being used to exchange child pornography using end-to-end encryption offered by the # 39; s application.

"In the United States, a federal law states that when their clients share images of child pornography or expressions related to that crime, they are required to report it. Justice uses programs that detect keywords, which alert the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (http://www.missingkids.com/), is a well-known NGO, and An agreement was signed in 2013 with the prosecutor's office of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, said a prosecutor.

In January of this year, the Israeli computer security company Check Point, warned of the presence of WhatsApp groups dedicated to pedophilia. Thus, the application is intended to eradicate these groups at the rate of 2 million closed accounts per month.

When the software used by WhatsApp to identify the keywords related to child pornography detects the IP address (the number that identifies the device – and therefore probably the network user) d & # 39; A user from Argentina related to the distribution or consumption of "child pornography", they send the data to investigate. This information is sent to the prosecution service of the Public Prosecutor's Office and from there it is sent to the Special Prosecutor's Office. Every day, about two hundred inquiries are received from the United States in connection with the sexual exploitation of children. Most of these cases are grooming or sexual abuse cases, "said the prosecutor. He added that "the crime of distributing pornography carries a sentence of 3 to 6 years in prison, it is a crime inadmissible."

The joke of students is to challenge the system of analysis and pretend to be a group that is part of a distribution network of child pornography. Once the key word or phrase is detected, an automatic system alert is triggered. It preemptively blocks all participants in the group without making any distinction.

The cell phone users is working normally but the line enters a blacklist of WhatsApp that does not restore the service even if the application is reinstalled.

Do you have a solution?

In almost all cases, after one or two days after the blockade, users will receive the following message: "On this occasion, we have decided to reactivate your account Do not forget the following: communicate with known users on WhatsApp and people wishing to receive your messages Talk to your friends to make sure everyone has saved your phone number in contacts in their directory Avoid sending repetitive or promotional messages in groups Please note that we do not allow the use of unofficial versions of the application, web automation tools, devices with root access or jailbreak (including emulators) or d & # 's; Other devices that are not compatible If we determine that your activity continues to violate our Terms of Service, we will irrevocably suspend your account. "

From WhatsApp, they suggest that only people who are administrators can edit the name or edit the photo. For this, the user must access: Group Information> Group Settings, in the group chat configuration window; there, in the article Edit information. In the group, you choose who, between All Participants or Only Administrators, can change the subject, icon, and group description.

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