MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s interactions guard canine Roskomnadzor claimed on Friday it had truly obstructed accessibility to the Viber messaging utility, the hottest straight of social networks options to be prohibited by Russian authorities.
In a declaration, Roskomnadzor claimed the block was related to an offense of insurance policies worrying the avoidance of terrorism, extremism, and drugs dealing with.
Rakuten Group, which possesses Viber, didn’t straight away react to an ask for comment.
Hiroshi Mikitani, the creator and president of Rakuten Group had truly proclaimed the messenging utility as a way to counter what he referred to as Russian publicity.
“Unlike other social media, we’ve made it crystal clear we’re going to block all these fake news and propaganda of Russia,” Mikitani knowledgeable Reuters in a Zoom assembly all through a see to Kyiv in 2014.
(Writing by Felix Light, Editing by Louise Heavens and Christina Fincher)
