
The WhatsApp messenger was supposed to block in Russia on July 1, but shifted this period to August 1 - with this statement, a pro -government journalist Anastasia Kashevarova made this statement on July 27.
According to her, the messenger has defenders and lobbyists who do not understand that "the stream of information outgoing and entering the messenger is strongly hit in Russia."
“Through WhatsApp, fraudulent schemes for the theft of funds from our population are built. This messenger works completely on the enemy, ”she wrote.
On Sunday evening, Kashevarova’s statement was denied by the head of the State Duma Committee on Inform Policy Sergey Boyarsky:
“Colleagues, with all due respect, I cannot afford to comment on rumors and dubious stuffing of insolvent sources,” he said .
In Roskomnadzor they called for trust only official information, writes TASS.
Against the backdrop of rumors about the blocking of WhatsApp, the Russian authorities continue to force the National Max Max, released by VK.
So, in six regions of the Russian Federation, school chats will be transferred to the new test, Kommersant said on July 28. The pilot project included Tatarstan, Mari El, Altai, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, as well as Vladimir and Tver regions.
The head of the Kemerovo region Ilya Serdyuk on July 28 announced the transfer to the MAX of the entire working correspondence of the government and local administrations.
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