On December 4, exactly four months after the shutdown, a lot of users from the region took to Twitter to report their WhatsApp accounts had been disabled.
— Dr. Shahnawaz B. Kaloo (@DrKaloo) December 4, 2019
— Soprich (@soprich2) December 5, 2019 A WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement that the company has a global policy of expiring accounts after 120 days of inactivity: The statement also notes these users will be able to re-register with the same number when they regain internet access. All their data attached to WhatsApp will remain on their phone and they’ll be able to access it once the account is deactivated. According to internetshutdowns.in, a site that tracks the timeline of internet shutdowns in India, Kashmir has faced 180 shutdowns to date – the highest for any state in the country. It also notes the record for the longest shutdown of 133 days in 2016 also belongs to the state. There’s no word as to when citizens living in Kashmir will be able to access the internet and voice their opinion and communicate with each other freely.
