Whatsapp should prepare to leave the russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the it sector said on Friday, warning that the messaging app owned by metforms is very like to a list of a list of Restricted software.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Last Month Signed A Law Authorizing The Development of a State-Backed Messaging App integrated with Government Services, AS MOSCOW Strives to Reduce Its Deependence Platforms like Whatsapp and Telegram.
Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Head of the Lower House of Parliament’s Information Technology Committee, Said in a statement on Telegram that the State-Backed App, Max, Max, COLD GAN MARKET SHAULD SHARE SHAULD SHARE SHATSAPPP, Max By 68% of Russians Each Day, Leave.
“It’s time for whatsapp to prepare to leave the russian market,” Gorelkin said, noting that meta is designed as an extramist organization in Russia.
The company’s Facebook and Instagram Social Media Platforms Have Been Banned In Russia Since 2022 with MOSCOW SENT Tens of Thousands of TROOPS INTO UKRAINE.
Meta did not immediatily respond to a request for comment.
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Anton Nemkin, A Member of the Parliament’s It Committee, said Whatsapp’s Fate in Russia was predetermed.
“The presence of such a service in russia’s digital space is, in fact, a legal breach of national security,” The Tass News News Agency Quoted Neemkin as Saying.
Asked if whatsapp might leave russia, kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov said all services must abide by russian law.
Russia has long sought to establish what it calls digital sovereignty by promoting home-GROWN Services. Its push to replace foreign tech platforms became more urgent as some western companies are pulled out of the russian market after 2022.
The kremlin this week published a list of institutions from putin, including an order to introduce additions on the use in russia of software, incision communication services, provided in “Unfriendly Countries” that have imposed sanctions against Russia.
Putin Gave a Deadline of September 1. Gorelkin, Referring to Putin’s Order, Said Whatsapp was Likely to Be Among that that communication services restricted.
Gorelkin Said He Expected Telegram, Founded by Russian-Born Pavel Durov, to avoid bent banned, provided it complies with russian law.
Telegram has started the procedure for creating a Russian Legal Entity, According to an update from State Communications Regulator Roskomnadzor this Week.
,Alexander Marrow, Reuters
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