Where are the technical details of the blocking? Without all that, all these stories make no sense.
Russia has begun blocking WhatsApp and Telegram calls — confirmed by several friends inside the country.
FYI: they’re now pushing a state‑built “MAX” messenger to fully control and censor communication. This thing is basically a Trojan with a government badge — demanding near‑root access, scraping contacts, messages, and data from other apps.
Starting this autumn, it comes pre‑installed on every new phone sold. Officials are being told to use it, and even school parent–teacher chats are being quietly forced onto it in multiple regions.
Welcome to the gulag, comrades — only this time, a century later, it’s gone digital.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-tests-blocking-telegram-whatsapp-calls/
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I’m just telling what my friends are telling. The same is covered in the news article - it’s not the media I read normally, but it has info that corresponds with my “insider info”.
Take from this what you will.
In Russia, mobile internet is now simply cut off, and sometimes it just works slowly. Yes, mobile operators oppose calls via WhatsApp or Telegram, but without technical data, it’s unclear whether they are actually blocking these calls and how they are doing it, because it could simply be the result of mobile internet shutdowns or slowdowns.