According to the Digital 2025/2026 report by DataReportal, social media platforms continue to expand their reach: billions of ...

Russia has confirmed it has fully blocked WhatsApp, marking one of the most significant steps yet in its ongoing efforts to ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the most widely used messaging platforms in the country, citing the «protection of Russian citizens» and accusing the app of ...

Founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov’s latest viral claim is that he doesn’t experience depression because he refuses a habit ...

Freedom is often threatened by fear and greed, which require active management. Confronting the fear of death can lead to a ...

The Russian government is attempting to block WhatsApp in the country as its crackdown on communication platforms not under ...

Russians were pressed to adopt Max, seen as a possible surveillance tool, after WhatsApp, the country's most popular messenger, was blocked.

The digital curtain is falling in Russia as the Kremlin officially pulled the plug on WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app.

There are plenty of good reasons to have your doubts about Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, but he’s right — if understandably self-serving — in criticizing Russia’s “authoritarian” restrictions on both ...

WhatsApp has long been the most popular messaging app for Russians, followed closely by Telegram. This week, officials took major steps to cut them off and make them unusable—part of a long-running, ...

The messaging platform WhatsApp says Russia has "attempted to fully block" its service inside the country, "to drive people ...