{"id":198722,"date":"2025-12-05T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=198722"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:42:03","slug":"russia-blocks-apples-facetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/russia-blocks-apples-facetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia blocks Apple\u2019s FaceTime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/macdailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/241011_apple_logo_red.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/macdailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/241011_apple_logo_red.png?resize=640%2C432ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-277380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s state communications regulator announced on Thursday that it has blocked Apple\u2019s FaceTime video-calling service, citing its alleged use for criminal activities, in the latest escalation of Moscow\u2019s crackdown on foreign technology platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Apple\u2019s FaceTime is end-to-end encrypted for both video and audio calls. Only the sender and receiver(s) hold the decryption keys; not even Apple can decrypt or access the content of the calls.<\/p>\n<p>The ban comes after similar restrictions already imposed on Google\u2019s YouTube, Meta\u2019s WhatsApp, and the Telegram messaging app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/retail-consumer\/russia-imposes-restrictions-apples-facetime-app-agencies-say-2025-12-04\/\">Mark Trevelyan and Gleb Stolyarov for Reuters<\/a>:<br \/>  \u200e<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> Critics say the curbs amount to censorship and a tightening of state control over private communications. Russia says they are legitimate law enforcement measures. Russian authorities have this year launched a state-backed rival app called MAX, which critics say could be used for surveillance \u2013 allegations that state media have dismissed as false.<\/p>\n<p>Justifying its decision, the communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in an emailed statement: \u201cAccording to law enforcement agencies, FaceTime is being used to organise and carry out terrorist attacks in the country, recruit perpetrators, and commit fraud and other crimes against Russian citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The watchdog did not cite evidence in support of the allegations. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u200e<br \/> As Justice Potter Stewart famously said, \u201cCensorship reflects a society\u2019s lack of confidence in itself.\u201d Few societies have more reason to doubt themselves than Russia\u2019s.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u200e <\/p>\n<p><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"macdailynews-after-content macdailynews-target\" id=\"macdailynews-2921857443\" data-macdailynews-trackid=\"221186\" data-macdailynews-trackbid=\"1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9654279268749293\" data-ad-slot=\"3250525581\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>  <\/div>\n<p>Source link: https:\/\/macdailynews.com\/2025\/12\/04\/russia-blocks-apples-facetime\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s state communications regulator announced on Thursday that it has blocked Apple\u2019s FaceTime video-calling service, citing its alleged use for criminal activities, in the latest escalation of Moscow\u2019s crackdown on foreign technology platforms. Yes, Apple\u2019s FaceTime is end-to-end encrypted for both video and audio calls. 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