Number of Internet users affected by deliberate disruptions of access to social networks or messaging apps between 2015 and 2024, by platform
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In the context of restrictions imposed on social networks and messaging applications, Facebook has been the most affected platform: no less than **** billion people worldwide have experienced some type of access limitation. Meanwhile, restrictions on WhatsApp, the messaging application most frequently blocked by governments, have affected nearly billion people, a figure that represents approximately ** percent of the global population.
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