KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Users of the WhatsApp messaging application in Indonesia will no longer be able to access its GIF feature, kompas.com reports, as the Communications and Information Ministry has blocked Tenor, the feature’s Domain Name System (DNS), on Monday. According to the kompas.com report, the GIF feature is no longer available to users of several mobile operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), including Telkomsel, Indosat Ooredoo, XL, FirstMedia and Bolt. Searching for GIFs will result in a blank page on WhatsApp's desktop version, while an error message will appear on smartphones that says: "Check your phone’s internet connection and try again."
Ministry blocks DNS services behind WhatsApp's GIF
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Users of the WhatsApp messaging application in Indonesia will no longer be able to access its GIF feature, kompas.com reports, as the Communications and Information Ministry has blocked Tenor, the feature’s Domain Name System (DNS), on Monday. According to the kompas.com report, the GIF feature is no longer available to users of several mobile operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), including Telkomsel, Indosat Ooredoo, XL, FirstMedia and Bolt. Searching for GIFs will result in a blank page on WhatsApp's desktop version, while an error message will appear on smartphones that says: "Check your phone’s internet connection and try again."