Roskomnadzor accused Telegram of creating infrastructure for the illegal distribution of personal data of Russians through "data probing" services, despite removing over eight thousand such services since 2022.

Roskomnadzor accused Telegram of creating infrastructure for the illegal distribution of personal data of Russians through "data probing" services, despite removing over eight thousand such services since 2022.

@meduzalive 20 Feb 2026, 11:03

The Russian Communications Oversight (RKN) stated that Telegram supports infrastructure allowing illegal services for personal data searches to operate, despite removing over 8,000 such services since 2022.

@ostorozhno_novosti 20 Feb 2026, 10:42

The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media reports that Telegram creates infrastructure for the distribution of personal data of Russians and urges the messenger to stop supporting such services.

@varlamov_news 20 Feb 2026, 10:40

The Russian Communications Oversight Agency reported that the blocking of Telegram is due to the distribution of data leak services processing personal data of Russians, requiring the messenger to actively combat them.

@mash 20 Feb 2026, 10:36

Due to the blocking of Telegram and updates from the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, remote workers may be forced to return to offices as RDP connections and VPN protocols have become less accessible.

@mash 20 Feb 2026, 06:04