Russia restricts WhatsApp calls, threatening secure messaging for millions. Here’s how users are affected and what’s next.

A popular "Baby Shark" song that South Korea's young children adore and their parents often find annoying is not plagiarized, ...

WhatsApp's parent company, Meta, says it's concerned Russia is blocking voice calls to push users to other platforms where ...

WhatsApp accuses Russia of blocking encrypted calls for 100 million users while promoting state-controlled MAX app as digital ...

WhatsApp said on Thursday that Russia has started cutting off millions of users from using secure calls on the platform, ...

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 ...

Since launching its offensive in Ukraine, Russia has drastically restricted press freedom and freedom of speech online.

WhatsApp accused Russia of limiting access to secure communication by restricting calls, as Moscow boosts local platforms to control internet space. Foreign-owned platforms like WhatsApp face ...

Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share ...

Russia plans to restrict some calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, saying the apps don't cooperate with the government to stop ...

Russia has curbed WhatsApp and Telegram calls, boosting its MAX app and tightening internet control through censorship and gradual service limits.

Russian regulators moved to restrict the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest in a major step to push ...