Bahrain’s MoI Declares It Can Monitor Voice & Written Messages on WhatsApp, Viber & Tango
2015-10-13 - 12:48 am
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's General Director of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, Bassam Al-Miraj, said in an interview with the Al-Bilad newspaper, owned by the Bahraini Prime Minister's son, that the cybercrime department was provided with an experienced technical team assigned to accurately specify the identity of social media users by using developed technical devices.
Al-Miraj further stated "how the department can arrest the suspect accused of publishing insults or voice messages through social media applications found on smartphones".
He also said that "the department set periodical programs for training the technical team according to international standards and update these devices continuously, which contributes to facilitating the process of reaching the convicts over cases of abuse, whether by voice or written messages on all programs like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype and Tango."
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