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Russia Orders MAX to Be Available for Official Housing Communications From September

Officials present rapid uptake alongside service integration as a marker of digital sovereignty.

Russia Blocks FaceTime as iMessage Remains Accessible, Prompting APNs Theory

X Starts Rolling Out 'Chat,' an Encrypted Replacement for DMs on iOS and Web

WhatsApp Begins EU Rollout of Third-Party Chats Under the DMA

VK's MAX Messenger Opens Messaging and Calls to Seven More CIS Countries

WhatsApp Outage Disrupts Service Worldwide, Hitting Web Access the Hardest

EU Drops Mandatory Chat Scanning as Denmark Pitches Voluntary Detection Plan

WhatsApp Tests Monthly Caps on Unanswered Messages to Curb Spam

Bundestag Debates AfD Push to Reject EU ‘Chat Control’ as Council Decision Slips to December

Apple Details Fix for iOS 26 iMessage Failures After eSIM Setup

Meta Brings Group DMs to Threads and Starts EU Messaging Rollout

WhatsApp Tests Username Reservations in Android Beta to Reduce Phone-Number Exposure

WhatsApp, Signal and Threema Warn Against EU Chat-Scanning Plan as Council Decision Nears

German Watchdogs Warn Against Sending ID Photos Over WhatsApp

Google Messages Rolls Out 'Delete for Everyone' Across Android

Russia Imposes Partial Voice Call Ban on WhatsApp and Telegram

WhatsApp Outage Disrupts Messaging Worldwide

Russia Plans to Blacklist WhatsApp Ahead of State-Backed Messenger Rollout

Bitchat Enters Full iOS Beta for Offline Mesh Messaging

WhatsApp Rolls Out AI Chat Summaries and Writing Tool as It Tests Ads and Privacy Controls