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Snapchat is a social media network that has been banned and/or otherwise restricted in various countries. Potential reasons for such bans include national security, user privacy, social control, protecting culture, reducing displays of behavior considered to be immoral, economic protectionism, protecting mental health (especially among youth), technological sovereignty, and regulatory compliance.
On 2 December 2014, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation banned jw.org. In August 2014, a number of websites were blocked as the war in Donbass developed, including the Ukrainian news site Glavnoe.ua , [ 27 ] a survey about the separation of the Caucasus from Russia [ 28 ] and numerous announcements and commentaries about the "march for ...
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area).
In June 2020, after a violent clash on the India-China border that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, the government in New Delhi suddenly banned TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps.
TikTok fans in the U.S. are racing to secure alternatives and safeguard their digital empires ahead of a looming shutdown on Sunday, evoking the chaos of India's 2020 ban that erased the app from ...
Koo, an India-based alternative to Twitter, announced it had complied with the law, [3] while Facebook announced its intent to comply. [4] On May 26, WhatsApp took the Indian government to court, stating that they believed the new laws were "unconstitutuional".
The social media company launched new products including a better version of Snap Spectacles and a drone.
In 2016, India also put forwarded a new plan to control internet usage of its netizens. Accessing or pop-ups from ad services or malware infection of websites banned in India might invite 3 years of jail sentence and a fine of ₹ 300,000 (equivalent to ₹ 430,000 or US$5,000 in 2023). Until now, URLs and websites were blocked using DNS-filtering.