The head of the Gem4me messenger development team, Vahe Zakarian, said that the most realistic contender for
The fact is that WhatsApp is owned by the companyMeta (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). Zakarian believes that, if desired, the authorities can officially block any messenger. However, as the experience of blocking Telegram has shown, this measure is not very effective. The expert believes that Russia will no longer go for such experiments.
“Complete blocking of messengers can happenby very extensive blocking of IP addresses, but if this happens in Russia, then, in addition to instant messengers, a very large number of other services will become inaccessible, ”Zakarian believes.