Kremlin-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia

The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a move that could increase surveillance of Russian citizens.

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Max Messenger: Russia’s New Super App or State Surveillance Trojan?

At the end of March 2025, a new digital platform quietly launched under the name Max — developed by Russia’s tech giant VK, best known internationally for its social network often called the “Russian Facebook.” Within just three months, Max surpassed 1 million registered users, mostly Android smartp

Revealed: #UK government keeping files on #education critics’ #SocialMedia activity

An #Observer investigation finds #DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state #EducationPolicy had online posts monitored

• ‘It felt like a #dictatorship’: UK #teaching experts hit out at government attempt to #cancel them
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/revealed-uk-government-keeping-files-on-education-critics-social-media-activity
#ToryPoliciesInAction #CancelCulture #StateSurveilance #Education #dissent

Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity

An Observer investigation finds DfE tried to cancel conference with ‘unsuitable’ speakers – and experts who criticised state education policy had files kept on online posts

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