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EU sanctions Russia's VK Company for helping expose Putin's critics

The EU has sanctioned VK Company for aiding the repression of critics of President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine. The company says its services remain "available to users as normal".

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Apple removes Russia's VKontakte from App Store

The Economic Times

Apple removes Russia's state-backed messenger from App Store

Apple has removed Russia's state-backed Max messenger from its App Store, citing compliance with sanctions. The app, developed by VK whose CEO is sanctioned, lacks encryption and has been pushed by Moscow for government and civil servant communications. This move follows previous removals of Russian apps due to Western sanctions.

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Major Russian Android apps know who's using a VPN, digital rights group warns

Researchers at digital rights group RKS Global found that 30 out of the 30 most popular Russian Android apps can detect VPNs, with numbers likely to rise.

TechRadar

Russia's state-backed MAX app may know if you are using a VPN to bypass censorship — here is everything we know

Russia's digital rights group, RKS Global, urges removing the MAX app from any device where a VPN is used, warning that other VK-developed apps are likely to include such functionality.

TechRadar

Over half a million VKontakte accounts hijacked using malicious Chrome extensions

Five extensions were doing all sorts of malicious acts, including stealing payment data.

TechRadar

Russia is using DNS and DPI to block YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp while pushing state-controlled MAX as alternative

Russia has completely blocked access to Telegram, WhatsApp, and YouTube. Citizens keep looking for ways around, but VPNs are also being targeted.

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How Putin is using his powers to block what Russians can see online

Some Russians have used VPNs to counteract the internet restrictions but these apps have been routinely blocked

The Independent UK

The Strange Case Of Evgeniya Mayboroda, Russia's Rebel Retiree

The elegant 74-year-old Russian put her hand on her heart as the verdict fell.

International Business Times

Telegram's CEO built two dominant social networks from scratch before 40 and has fathered more than 100 biological children. He's also facing up to 10 years in prison

Pavel Durov co-founded VK when he was just 21, and launched Telegram when he was 28.

Fortune

GTA 4 modders lose their YouTube channel as Take-Two seems to continue its quest to obliterate every GTA mod, but they still plan to deliver their upgraded Vice City

Vice City: The Next-Gen Edition might escape Take-Two's wrath

GamesRadar

Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet

The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps remove or moderate their accounts

The Guardian - US

Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app

Pavel Durov, who has French citizenship, faces prosecution over alleged failure to suppress spread of sexual images of children and calls for violence

The Guardian - UK

Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention

Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships

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Al Jazeera

Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience

Arrested in France, the Telegram boss has found widespread support that mirrors his app’s popularity across groups.

Fortune

Billionaire Pavel Durov made his fortune building two influential social media giants with close links to Russia. Now, his tech legacy is under threat

Durov has earned a reputation as a free-speech crusader. But could his recent arrest change how Telegram operates?

The Guardian - US

Telegram founder arrest part of cybercrime inquiry, say prosecutors

Investigation into Pavel Durov relates to app’s alleged failure to stop spread of child sexual abuse material

Latin Times

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Still a few months shy of his 40th birthday, the man once dubbed the "Russian Zuckerberg" after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg now finds himself under arrest in France after being sensationally detained at a Paris airport this weekend.

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International Business Times

Telegram: The Global Rise Of Libertarian Chat App

The boss of social media platform Telegram has been arrested in France, accused of allowing the sharing of illegal content.

The Guardian - UK

Who is Pavel Durov? Billionaire founder of Telegram remains a mysterious figure

Once nicknamed the ‘Russian Zuckerberg’, Durov has boasted of being the biological father of more than 100 children

International Business Times

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world.

The Guardian - UK

Authorities extend detention of Telegram app founder Pavel Durov after Paris arrest

Russian-born billionaire said to have ‘miscalculated’ by visiting France during inquiry into crime on his platform

Tom’s Hardware

90s instant messaging service shuts down after 28 years — ICQ will stop working from June 26

Windows Central

'Uh Oh', VK is pulling the plug on its nostalgic ICQ (I Seek You) instant messaging platform after nearly three decades of keeping people connected

VK is pulling the plug on ICQ after newly three decades. It'll stop working after June 26, 2024.

PC Gamer

We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years

ICQ will stop working on June 26.

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