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  "path": "/story/26/02/13/067244/russia-fully-blocks-whatsapp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T06:40:41.411Z",
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  "textContent": "An anonymous reader shares a report: U.S. messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, the Kremlin said on Thursday, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed \"national messenger\" instead. \"Due to Meta's unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed taken and implemented,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, proposing that Russians switch to MAX, Russia's state-owned messenger.\n\n \n\nRead more of this story at Slashdot.",
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