Max was officially designated the “national messenger” last year, boosting the usage of the little-known app owned by leading ...

WhatsApp on Thursday said Russia had attempted to "fully block" its service, with 100 million users affected. The Kremlin ...

By Andrew Osborn and Mrinmay Dey MOSCOW, Feb 12 (Reuters) - U.S. messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, has been ...

The digital curtain is falling in Russia as the Kremlin officially pulled the plug on WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app.

Russia has confirmed ban on Meta's WhatsApp. Russia said that it has blocked the messaging service WhatsApp over its failure ...

Russia's government reportedly attempted to fully block WhatsApp on Wednesday in what the messaging service called an effort ...

"Today the Russian government attempted to fully block WhatsApp in an effort to drive people to a state-owned surveillance ...

WhatsApp and Telegram sound the alarm as the Kremlin chokes off Western apps to promote MAX, a state-backed rival modeled ...

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the messenger's management doesn't comply with Russian laws, and that the ...

After warnings from lawmakers last year, WhatsApp has been blocked in Russia for as many as 100 million users.

WhatsApp has effectively been erased from Russia’s internet, cutting off one of the country’s most widely used messaging ...

Russia blocks WhatsApp for 100M users, mandating state MAX app on phones. Meta calls it surveillance. VPN required for access ...