Russian authorities announced Wednesday they were “partially” restricting calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet. In a ...

Binance CEO Richard Teng warns of rising WhatsApp phishing scams, urging users to verify all communications through official ...

Russian authorities announced Wednesday they were “partially” restricting calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet. Rare footage ...

Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal agency responsible for overseeing and censoring Russian mass media, announced in mid-August a partial restriction on voice calls in the Telegram and WhatsApp ...

WhatsApp, the highly popular messaging service owned by Meta, accused the Russian government Wednesday of trying to block its service. “WhatsApp is private, end-to-end encrypted, and defies government ...

While VPNs are still legal to use in Russia, a block on them appears to still be on the table, and the spread of information ...

Russian regulators have moved to restrict usage of the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest in a major step to push Russians onto a newly launched government-managed "super app." ...

Kenya’s largest telecommunications company, Safaricom, has reportedly blocked access to Telegram Messenger, disrupting ...

Downloads of privacy-focused messaging apps Signal and Telegram got a boost as users looked for alternatives to Facebook-owned WhatsApp over concerns about changes to the service's privacy policy.

This is a breaking story. More details are awaited… ...