Russia’s communications minister, Nikolai Nikiforov, says a court may move to block the Viber messaging app if it follows the example of the Telegram messaging service and refuses to provide encryption keys to the Federal Security Service (FSB).
“If they [the FSB] have problems with acquiring encryption keys, they may turn to court and receive a similar court order,” Nikiforov told the media on May 3 when asked whether Viber might suffer the same fate as Telegram.
