Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Tuesday a law authorizing the development of a state courier application integrated with government services, in an effort on the part of Moscow for reducing their dependence on platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
Russia has been looking to establish what it calls digital sovereignty for the promotion of local services. His eagerness to replace the foreign technological platforms was exacerbated after the withdrawal of some western companies from the Russian market after the invasion of Ukraine by Moscow in February 2022.
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Russian legislators claim that the state application will have functions that do not have platforms such as Telegram and WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms. Critics affirm that the fact that Russia exercises state control over it is risks to privacy and personal freedoms.
Mikhail Klimarev, director of the Internet Protection Society, a Russian digital rights group, declared Russia to reduce the WhatsApp and Telegram speed to encourage users to change users to change the new application.
With Reuters information.
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