Author: CBC

Moscow wants Russians to download its new app. To encourage that, it’s choking the competition

The recent introduction of the messaging app Max is the Kremlin's latest effort to tighten control over Russia's digital space by throttling foreign platforms, either by blocking them or slowing them down so they are largely inaccessible. It has drawn immediate comparisons to China's WeChat.

Moscow wants Russians to download its new app. To encourage that, it’s choking the competition

The recent introduction of the messaging app Max is the Kremlin's latest effort to tighten control over Russia's digital space by throttling foreign platforms, either by blocking them or slowing them down so they are largely inaccessible. It has drawn immediate comparisons to China's WeChat.

Moscow wants Russians to download its new app. To encourage that, it’s choking the competition

The recent introduction of the messaging app Max is the Kremlin's latest effort to tighten control over Russia's digital space by throttling foreign platforms, either by blocking them or slowing them down so they are largely inaccessible. It has drawn immediate comparisons to China's WeChat.

Moscow wants Russians to download its new app. To encourage that, it’s choking the competition

The recent introduction of the messaging app Max is the Kremlin's latest effort to tighten control over Russia's digital space by throttling foreign platforms, either by blocking them or slowing them down so they are largely inaccessible. It has drawn immediate comparisons to China's WeChat.

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