Android and iOS are also supposedly planned to be blocked in Russia.
Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexey Didenko surethat in the foreseeable future, “Google” will be “blocked” in Russia. It can be assumed that the parliamentarian means the company’s search engine.
In a conversation with RuNews24, Didenko noted that the blocking “will not happen on our initiative.” In addition to Google, it will allegedly affect iOS and “Google Android”; the parliamentarian did not explain what exactly he was talking about.
Alexey Didenko
Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
Soon Google will be blocked, and with it Google Android. IOS will also be blocked, and this will not happen on our initiative.
Civil servants and officials have long been prohibited from using these platforms, especially those with access to confidential information. This was the first hint that you need to move to other platforms. We recommend that business representatives and scientists move to other platforms.
Didenko spoke about the possible blocking of Google shortly after problems with access to YouTube began in Russia. Since August 1, the video service has been working extremely slowly; government officials explain this by Google’s failing cache servers, while the company itself denies technical problems.
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Speaking about the blocking of Google, Didenko drew a parallel with Netflix, which left Russia on its own. According to the parliamentarian, “over time, everyone calmed down.”
Alexey Didenko
Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
It’s just that we are now facing restrictions, and we will be forced to introduce them too. This is obvious. There is no need to think that someone will say something against and others will be guided by this.
