Social networks and Messengers

One-Touch Login: Max Messenger Becomes New 2FA Method in Multifactor System
Push notifications will be sent to your smartphone, SMS codes and links are no longer needed

Censorship Found in Telegram's Built-in AI Message Editor
The neural network in the messenger is based on the Chinese Qwen3 model with content filtering typical of the PRC

Durov: Telegram will try to bypass Roskomnadzor's blocking
The founder of the messenger announced "digital resistance"

YouTube deleted the channels of Belarusian state media BelTA, ONT, and STV
Minsk reserved the right to retaliate

Double Control: Ozon Closes Loopholes in Online Energy Drink Purchases
Verification goes through Max: first online, then upon receipt

Max opened access to chatbots and mini-apps for business
Entrepreneurs can launch services directly within the messenger

Telegram Warned About "Last Chance" to Buy Premium in Russia
The messenger offered to pay for two years in advance amid restrictions

MAX went down: the service stopped working across Russia
Users are massively losing access to the app and its features

107 million users registered in the MAX messenger in one year, including foreigners
The daily audience of the messenger exceeded 77 million people

Ministry of Construction Approved Procedure for Management Companies to Interact with Residents via MAX Messenger
Official requests will only be accepted through a chatbot integrated with the GIS Housing and Utilities

Ban on children under 14 from using the Internet proposed in the State Duma
Deputy Nina Ostanina: Parents should protect children from gadgets



