Russia announced on Friday that it is considering a WhatsApp messaging service ban.
The Russian communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that authorities are studying a ban on the WhatsApp messaging service, accusing it of “contributing to the rise of crime and making it harder to suppress.”
It added that WhatsApp is being used “to organize and carry out what it described as ‘terrorist acts’ in Russia, to recruit perpetrators, and for fraud and other crimes against our citizens.”
According to the Straits Times platform, this comes at a time when Russian authorities are urging citizens to switch to state-supported digital services.
The platform added that Russia had already prevented users from making calls on WhatsApp last August, as part of a broader crackdown on Western-owned social media platforms.
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