In some regions of Russia, it was decided to slow down the operation of the WhatsApp messenger. This was announced by Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications.
It was noted that Roskomnadzor does not yet see any reason to block the platform.
No decisions have been made to block the WhatsApp messenger on the territory of Russia today. But slowing down its work is already being applied in some regions, when the regulator sees the need for this - as was the case with Dagestan.
The reason for the slowdown of WhatsApp was calls for extremist activity. Roskomnadzor notified the company of the need to block such materials. If the prescriptions are not followed, more serious measures will be taken.
Earlier www1.ru reported that Roskomnadzor will begin to use AI to search for prohibited information on the Web.
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