Russian MP rules out blocking WhatsApp

The messenger is the only one of Meta’s three major services that is still allowed to work in the country

The Russian authorities are not considering blocking access to Meta’s WhatsApp, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Sergey Boyarsky, said on Monday in an interview with TASS.

WhatsApp is the only one of US-based Meta’s three major services that can currently be used in Russia without the use of a VPN. In 2022...