{"id":41961,"date":"2025-08-14T01:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/russia-clamps-down-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-over-data-sharing-3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T01:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T01:08:27","slug":"russia-clamps-down-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-over-data-sharing-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/russia-clamps-down-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-over-data-sharing-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia clamps down on WhatsApp and Telegram over data sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calls via foreign-owned platforms curbed as critics say Kremlin is pushing for greater control over Russia\u2019s internet<\/p>\n<p>Russia has announced restrictions on the messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has clashed with foreign tech platforms for several years over content and data storage in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Critics say Russia is trying to expand its control over the country\u2019s internet space.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/13\/russia-clamps-down-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-over-data-sharing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calls via foreign-owned platforms curbed as critics say Kremlin is pushing for greater control over Russia\u2019s internet Russia has announced restrictions on the messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases. Moscow has clashed with foreign tech platforms for several years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}