Russia has restricted voice calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, citing national security and crime concerns. The move affects ...

The Russian government has imposed restrictions on voice calls made via WhatsApp and Telegram, citing concerns over national security, fraud, and alleged support for sabotage operations amid its ...

Russia restricts calls with the foreign messenger services WhatsApp and Telegram to allegedly ward off terrorists and ...

Russia says popular messaging apps facilitating crime, sabotage as internet restrictions tighten amid war in Ukraine.

Russia has partially blocked audio calls on WhatsApp and Telegram as part of a broader internet control strategy, coinciding ...

Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted WhatsApp and Telegram users from making voice and video calls ...

The restrictions came amid a wider crackdown on internet use in Russia, as the Kremlin rolled out an officially sanctioned ...

Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said internet restrictions had also been seen in the temporarily occupied territories ...

Telegram administrators have blocked the hacking group BlackMirror’s channel “for doxxing and defamation-based extortion.” ...

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov warned the scammers not to waste their time on creating clone channels, because they will also be blocked sooner or later ...

Pavel Durov announced that Telegram will ban “numerous channels” this week for doxxing and extortion after receiving hundreds ...

Authorities further restricted internet access this summer with widespread shutdowns of cellphone internet connections and adopting a law punishing users for searching for content they deem illicit.