{"id":60360,"date":"2025-08-14T08:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T08:57:25","slug":"russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls","title":{"rendered":"Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to combat criminals, measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram),\u201d communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said, as quoted by the RIA and TASS news agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The messenger apps have become \u201cthe main voice services used for fraud and extortion, and for involving Russian citizens in subversive and terrorist activities,\u201d the watchdog added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian security services have frequently claimed that Ukraine was using Telegram to recruit people or commit acts of sabotage in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow wants the messengers to provide access to data upon request from law enforcement, not only for fraud probes but also for investigating activities that Russia describes as terrorist ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to calls in foreign messengers will be restored after they start complying with Russian legislation,\u201d Russia\u2019s digital ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent to AFP, Telegram said it \u201cactively combats misuse of its platform, including calls for sabotage or violence, as well as fraud\u201d and removes \u201cmillions of pieces of harmful content every day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching its offensive in Ukraine, Russia has drastically restricted press freedom and freedom of speech online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported. \u201cIn order to combat criminals, measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram),\u201d communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said, as quoted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-60360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T08:42:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T08:57:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/08\/sm_1755145549.640254.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T08:42:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-14T08:57:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/08\/sm_1755145549.640254.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-imposes-curbs-on-whatsapp-telegram-calls\",\"name\":\"Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls - 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