Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has taken aim at the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), chiding it for blocking features of the social network’s
popular WhatsApp.
After Zuckerberg announced on Facebook on Tuesday that video
calling would be possible on Whatsapp, a user in the UAE complained about the
inability to use voice and video calls there.
“You’ve got your government to thank for that one,” he shot
back, drawing about 9,000 likes.
The UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has said
in the past that it lets licensed operators provide voice over internet
protocol services across their networks, but in practice they don’t exist.
The authority, government spokesmen and the Dubai media
office didn’t immediately respond to phone calls and emails seeking comment on
Zuckerberg’s remark.
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