“Blocks only harm development”: Uzbekistan no longer restricts foreign social networks

Uzbek authorities have unblocked access to the social networks VKontakte, Twitter and WeChat.They were limited in

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"From today, unhindered access to the social networks Twitter, WeChat and VKontakte is fully resumed on the territory of our country... Blocking only harmsdevelopment," the press service of the Agency for Information and Mass Communication under the President of the Republic said.

The agency is also negotiating the terms of unblocking with TikTok.

Twitter, TikTok, VKontakte and WeChat wereblocked on the territory of Uzbekistan for violating the law "On Personal Data", according to which all Internet resources operating in the country are required to store personal data of citizens on local servers.