Problems with WhatsApp have nothing to do with Rskomnadzor. socialbites.ca was told about this by the press service of the organizer.
“Roskomnadzor is not blocking WhatsApp from operating in Russia. Information about the fault is distributed by the foreign service DownDetector. “The problem is probably related to a failure in the Meta infrastructure (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), whose activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation,” Roskomnadzor said.
The ministry states that there is a problem in accessing the messenger, including receiving and sending messages and downloading media files.
“Complaints come from users in Russia, UK, India, USA and other countries. Users from other countries also highlighted that they reported problems with Facebook (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia) and Instagram (the owner of the company Meta is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia).
First reports of WhatsApp access problems started to come From users in Russia at approximately 21:15 Moscow time. At the same time, users around the world from Azerbaijan, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, South Africa and many other countries also complained about this glitch. An hour later the problem was not resolved.
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