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Apple removes Russia's VK from its App Store citing UK sanctions

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:12:01 +0000

Apple has removed the apps owned by Russia's biggest social network, VK, from the App Store citing recent sanctions by the UK. The Russian firm's developer accounts have been revoked too. Read more...

Russian government fines Telegram for refusing to give up user data

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:34:01 +0000

The messaging service was asked to comply with the government's order of sharing the user data. The company has been fined for 800,000 rubles ($14,000) but, its founder intends to fight the ruling. Read more...

Google, Facebook and Twitter battle Russia over censorship

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:14:01 +0000

The giant US internet companies Google, Facebook and Twitter are currently at odds with the Kremlin over censorship requests made by the government and ignored by the giant social networks. Read more...