Coming soon : Turkmenistan’s government-backed email and messaging app
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The launch could tighten the government’s grip on digital spaces in a country where popular social media platforms are already banned Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most isolated dictatorships, is planning to launch its own messaging app and email. A state-owned communications company Turkmentelekom has developed software for national e-mail, according to a November 12 report by the government’s news agency TDH. The report added that President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov was informed during (...)
