MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s interactions guard dog Roskomnadzor claimed on Friday it had actually obstructed accessibility to the Viber messaging application, the most up to date straight of social networks solutions to be prohibited by Russian authorities.
In a declaration, Roskomnadzor claimed the block was associated with an offense of policies worrying the avoidance of terrorism, extremism, and medication handling.
Rakuten Group, which possesses Viber, did not right away react to an ask for remark.
Hiroshi Mikitani, the creator and president of Rakuten Group had actually proclaimed the messenging application as a method to counter what he called Russian publicity.
“Unlike other social media, we’ve made it crystal clear we’re going to block all these fake news and propaganda of Russia,” Mikitani informed Reuters in a Zoom meeting throughout a see to Kyiv in 2014.
(Writing by Felix Light, Editing by Louise Heavens and Christina Fincher)
