Russia orders state-backed app, WhatsApp rival, to be pre-installed on all phones and tablets
Moscow (Reuters) -Rus government said in a statement on Thursday, whatsApp as a rival to critics for the purpose of surveillance of all mobile phones and tablets that they said to be used for the purpose of surveillance, he said.
Max, the new state -controlled new messaging application, comes after the accusation of not sharing the platforms it has foreign platforms with the law enforcement in the cases of fraud and terrorism after restricting some calls of whatsApp and Telegram, which belongs to the commodity platforms of Russia.
The government seeking more control on the internet area, said in a statement on Thursday, Max, which will be integrated with government services, will be on the list of pre -loaded mandatory applications, including all mobile phones and tablets sold in Russia since September 1.
In addition, Russia’s domestic application store, which has been previously established on all Android devices, will be mandatory for Rusore, from the same date, Apple The government said the devices.
The government added that a Russian Dil TV application called Lime HD TV, which allows people to watch Russian state TV channels free of charge, added that it will be uploaded to all smart TVs sold in Russia from 1 January next year.
(Reporting by Andrew by Osborneditation Guy Faulconbridge)
