Authorities in Russia began hampering access to WhatsApp in the south of the country out of concern that protest actions were being planned there, it has been reported.
Russian state news agency Tass said that authorities were “slowing down” (or “jamming”) the use of the app in Dagestan because the social media giant Meta, which owns the messenger, is “ignoring requirements to stop calls to participate in extremist actions.”
Why did I naively think before clicking that maybe the Russians saw today’s news and were outraged with Putin’s terrorist attack on the children’s hospital.
Nope of course not.
Rock the boat Dagestan, don’t accept your slaughter for Putin’s evil ambitions.
Signal
What about Telegram?
Yeah, like that would be a success. Just like aaaaallll the other attempts of riot. They end up in jail and they silence
WhatsApp is ownned by meta most Russians have moved to Telegram anyhow.
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By Brendan Cole – Senior News Reporter:
Authorities in Russia began hampering access to WhatsApp in the south of the country out of concern that protest actions were being planned there, it has been reported.
Russian state news agency Tass said that authorities were “slowing down” (or “jamming”) the use of the app in Dagestan because the social media giant Meta, which owns the messenger, is “ignoring requirements to stop calls to participate in extremist actions.”
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/whatsapp-outage-hits-southern-russia-amid-fears-mass-protests-1922226](https://www.newsweek.com/whatsapp-outage-hits-southern-russia-amid-fears-mass-protests-1922226)
Oh please, don’t you rock our boat…
Please, riot.
Why did I naively think before clicking that maybe the Russians saw today’s news and were outraged with Putin’s terrorist attack on the children’s hospital.
Nope of course not.
Rock the boat Dagestan, don’t accept your slaughter for Putin’s evil ambitions.
Signal
What about Telegram?
Yeah, like that would be a success. Just like aaaaallll the other attempts of riot. They end up in jail and they silence
WhatsApp is ownned by meta most Russians have moved to Telegram anyhow.