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Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram
- jleyank 1y agoIsn’t Iran confirming the risk of using such applications due to data leakage/harvesting? What was big brother in the 60’s is glued to your hand or even forehead now.
- kgwxd 1y agogoes to show, freedom of speech and assembly, even virtualy, scares them enough to outweigh those "benefits".
- FinnKuhn 1y ago> Possibly Telegram Russia tried this from 2018 to 2020 and it didn't really work. Is there any reason to believe that they would succeed now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Telegram_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Telegram_in_Russia
- rivn 1y ago2018-2020 was a saner time, friend. much saner time :(
- tetromino_ 1y agoSounds like the TikTok ban a la Russe - a local tech giant using national security as a pretext to ban foreign-based competitors.
- beng-nl 1y agoThe authoritarian in charge should start his own Pravda Social. I never realized how close Truth Social is in name and presumably purpose/origin to Pravda until now.