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TexasTowelie

(124,775 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2025, 08:54 PM 17 hrs ago

Russia blocks apps: Why FaceTime is now a threat - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD

Russia has taken another step toward tightening its control over the Internet. FaceTime, WhatsApp, and Snapchat have now been officially blocked, while VPN services are increasingly targeted.

What does this mean for everyday Russians? Are they being cut off from the outside world — or is there more behind the Kremlin’s latest move?

In this episode of Break The Fake, Jonasz Rewiński breaks down Russia’s expanding digital crackdown and explains what is really happening behind the country’s new information curtain.

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ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats' cbabe 17 hrs ago #1

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1. ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

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Mon Dec 8, 2025, 09:06 PM

17 hrs ago

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5631826/iceblock-app-lawsuit-trump-bondi

ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

DECEMBER 8, 202510:00 AM ET
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Bobby Allyn

The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House.

The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.

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