VKontakte, or VK, is a popular Russian social network very similar to Facebook. Users are concerned about the ousting of its creator and CEO, who was replaced by two Russian oligarchs with close ties ...
A hacker has obtained 171 million user accounts associated with social networking giant, VK.com. The stolen database contains full names, email addresses and plain-text passwords, and in many cases ...
Before Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the social media company had worked to reform its legacy of piracy in what was then the 13th-largest market. By Vladimir Kozlov After years of trying to ...
Russian authorities ramped up court orders demanding the removal of videos and content showing or discussing the war in Ukraine from VK. Reading time 3 minutes VKontakte (VK), Russia’s homegrown ...
In December 2021, two months before the invasion of Ukraine, the new CEO of Russia’s second-most-popular social media network sat next to an immaculate Christmas tree and introduced himself to staff ...