Russian watchdog blocks Viber messaging app

Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked access to the Viber messaging app, the latest in a line of social media services banned by Russian authorities. Prevention of terrorism, extremism, and drug trafficking. Rakuten Group, which owns Viber, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hiroshi Mikitani, founder and chief executive of Rakuten Group, launched the Russian messaging app”Unlike other social media, we’ve made it clear that we’re going to block all that fake news and Russian propaganda,” Mikitani said during a visit to Kiev last year. told Reuters in a Zoom interview during