"Violations of the law"
Russia blocks messenger service Signal
In its crackdown on foreign internet services, Russia has also blocked the encrypted chat service Signal due to alleged violations of the law. Signal is not complying with the legal measures required to prevent terrorism and extremism, the responsible authority Roskomnadzor announced in Moscow.
Throughout the day, Signal users in Russia had been complaining that the messenger service was unavailable. Portals such as Sboj.rf, which collect reports of disruptions, reported around 2000 complaints. Signal was developed in the USA and is valued by its users as a particularly secure means of communication.
On Thursday, users in Russia also complained that YouTube was working more slowly and that videos were difficult to download. The Russian authorities did not issue an official statement on this. However, according to statements made in recent days, they are targeting the extremely popular video service because it allegedly refuses to remove extremist videos.
Increasingly isolated
Russia has already blocked major social networks with US owners such as X and Facebook, which can only be used via protected connections (VPN). Even before the war of aggression against Ukraine, Moscow was also making preparations for a possible shutdown of the internet in the country. Since the start of the war in 2022, Roskomnadzor has blocked thousands of websites that are not acceptable to the Russian power apparatus.
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