Warsaw, March 23, 2026 (AFP) - Russia's Max: The unencrypted super-app being forced on citizens

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Russia is pushing its Max messenger -- a social media platform without encryption -- onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram, the country's two most popular messenger apps. The rollout has raised concerns among critics and digital rights groups that Moscow will use Max to surveil its citizens and further cut digital links to the West. "Any data that passes through this application......

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