In the Russia-Ukraine war The importance of social media platforms has become more and more understandable day by day. After the sanctions of companies such as Meta, Twitter and Google, a decision was also made. Snapchat Retrieved by for the heatmap.
Snapchat, which previously announced that it has suspended ads in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, is now Snap Map (Snapchat heatmap) said the property stood for Ukraine. Thanks to this decision, Russian soldiers or the Russian government will be prevented from seeing instant videos/photos in Ukraine.
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Snapchat heatmap shut down for Ukraine
snapchat, Heatmap feature for Ukraine announced it was temporarily closed. According to the company’s statement, this move will prevent Russia from following the images shared instantly in Ukraine during the war.
As The Verge reports, the social media platform is part of this change. security measures presented as and Snapchat’s Ukrainians He said it can be used safely. Turning off the heatmap feature Russia’s intelligence can prevent collection.
Other companies have taken similar measures to make it harder to track the activities of Ukrainians. E.g Google and appleturned off live traffic information in Ukraine.
Snap also took some additional measures after the Russia attacks. As we mentioned earlier, ads were stopped from showing in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine for the duration of the war.
Snapchat heatmap for those who don’t know (or Snap Map) shows how many people have posted in a given space. While this publicly available data is often not meaningful, it has the potential to be used by Russia to gather intelligence.
US companies block Russian media
The war between Russia and Ukraine affects the whole world. Meta, Twitter, Google (YouTube) and Microsoft Most major tech platforms, such as the U.S., banned Russian state-owned media outlets after the Ukraine invasion. In fact, Meta has announced that it will impose restrictions on Russian media, first regionally and then globally, to curb the flow of misinformation.
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