TY - JOUR AU - Baulch, Emma AU - Matamoros-Fernández, Ariadna AU - Johns, Amelia PY - 2020/01/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Introduction: Ten years of WhatsApp: The role of chat apps in the formation and mobilization of online publics JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 25 IS - 12 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v25i12.10412 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10412 SP - AB - <p>This special issue, curated by Emma Baulch, Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, and Amelia Johns, marks the end of the first decade of WhatsApp’s existence and offers a collection of essays on the importance of this technology in everyday life. Considering the rapid uptake and ubiquity of WhatsApp in places beyond the Anglophone world, including Brazil, Mexico, Malaysia, and Spain, the seven papers interrogate the opportunities and challenges that the app affords to activists and ordinary users through its main features: end-to-end encryption, groups, and the forward function.</p> ER -