Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

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Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal,

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The Russian news service

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broke the news about the block on the Signal app in Russia. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor restricted the app due to “violations of the requirements of the Russian legislation whose fulfillment is necessary to prevent the use of the messenger for ********** and extremist purposes,” according to the Russian report.

The cybersecurity tracker

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to users who’ve been blocked from their messages in both regions .

The blocking of Signal in Venezuela occurred in the long shadow of the country’s disputed presidential election results from the end of July. Venezuela’s electoral authority declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner without publishing any evidence of his win, sparking protests from detractors and supporters of Maduro’s opponent Edmundo González, according to the

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Both regions have been cutting off access to other similar social media apps possibly as a way to quiet dissenting voices. earlier today for a ******* of 10 days claiming that the company’s owner Elon Musk was inciting hatred and “violated” his social network’s rules.

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also reported a “mass

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outage” in Russia on Thursday.

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