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Russian censorship agency threatens total block of WhatsApp citing terror links


Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor is threatening to block the WhatsApp messenger service if it fails to comply with Russian law, arguing that its services are being used for “organising and carrying out terrorist activity” in Russia as well as for defrauding Russian citizens, news agency TASS reported on Friday.

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