A dating bot with no age verification just got banned in Kazakhstan, and it’s the same one Russia used to brand Telegram founder Pavel Durov a ‘terrorist’
A court in Kazakhstan banned the Telegram dating chatbot “Daivinchik,” the Kazakhstani news outlet Tengri News reported.
A Kazakh court recently banned the Telegram dating chatbot "Daivinchik" due to the lack of age verification for users, leading to concerns that minors were using the platform and engaging in criminal activities. The Prosecutor's Office requested the ban, which took effect on August 13. Simultaneously, in Russia, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was designated as a terrorist and extremist by the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) following allegations that the chatbot was used by Ukrainian intelligence services to recruit underage Russians for sabotage.
The Russian authorities cited the "Daivinchik" platform in their decision, which came after Durov was charged with aiding terrorist activity.
Written by urgent.news from Meduza (English)'s reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
- Civilians in Ukraine and Russia are paying an ever-higher price in the war english.elpais.com
- From “easy money” to murder: Russia escalates recruitment of Ukrainians for terrorist attacks inside Ukraine, police warn euromaidanpress.com
- Russia and Ukraine exchange bodies of soldiers following ICRC intervention qatar-tribune.com
