WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging app
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FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)People look at their smartphones at a bus stop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)A young woman looks at her smartphone while on the subway in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)A woman looks at her smartphone at a bus stop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)Passengers look at their smartphones while on the subway in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)