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The whole point of blocking someone on social media or messenger apps is because you don’t want to be bothered by them anymore, or at least for the time-being. However it seems that WhatsApp is currently experiencing a bug in which it allows blocked contacts to continue sending messages to the person who blocked them.

This was discovered by WABetaInfo who suspects that it might be a server-side issue as there were no problems earlier. This means that it isn’t so much a bug in the app itself, but rather with WhatsApp’s services that might have somehow allow the block to be bypassed. It also allows blocked contacts to see the user’s profile picture and online status.

It looks blocked contacts might sometimes be able to see your profile picture and last seen. It really seems a server side bug.
I recommend you to remove the blocked contact from your Address Book, to configure Privacy Settings on “My Contacts” and mute the blocked contact’s chat

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) May 23, 2018

For those who absolutely need to keep these users blocked, there is no fix right now. However there will be a workaround in which users can mute conversations which will at the very least prevent notifications from popping up. Users can also archive messages to avoid reading them if you’d rather not go through the hassle.

WhatsApp has yet to formally acknowledge the bug so it is unclear if they are aware of it and might have fixed it already, which hopefully they have. However if they haven’t, then this is something to take note of if you have several people blocked on WhatsApp.

WhatsApp Bug Lets Blocked Contacts Continue To Send Messages , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Twitter wants to make it easier for people to get in touch with election candidates in the United States and it wants to ensure that users are interacting with the real account. This is why Twitter has announced that it will start applying a new label to profiles of election candidates in the United States. The badge will also be displayed below their name on tweets in users’ timelines.

Twitter is frequently used during the elections and it’s often the first place voters go to in order to get accurate information, resources, and breaking news. Twitter has been working to build new ways for its users to identify original sources and authentic information.

It’s what that goal in mind that the company has introduced U.S. election labels for specified candidates running the 2018 U.S. midterm general election.

The labels will have all of the relevant information about a particular candidate such as the office they’re running for, the state where the office is located in, and the district number where applicate. The label will be clearly identifiable with a small icon of a government building.

Candidates that qualify for U.S. election labels on Twitter include those running for state Governor or the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives during the upcoming midterm elections. Twitter will work with a nonprofit organization called Ballotpedia to identify the campaign Twitter accounts of candidates once they have qualified for the general election ballot for an applicable office.

Twitter Will Add A Label To U.S. Election Candidates’ Profiles , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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