The companies boycotting Facebook in an effort to fight hate speech have been advertising for years on VK.com, “a Russian social media platform that bans gay-rights groups and is known as a haven for ...

With its Facebook-grade social networking functionality, 394 million users around the globe, 1 billion likes generated daily and 5 billion messages sent each day, why isn’t more of the ...

This has to be one of more captivating startup pitches of the year. Pavel Durov, the founder of popular Russian social network VKontakte.com, was fired this week from his role as CEO amid claims that ...

British far-right activists, driven off mainstream social media platforms, are now turning to Russian social media platform VK. Tommy Robinson is the founder and ex-head of the notorious far-right ...

After a series of purges on Facebook and Twitter, white supremacists are seeking refuge on Russian social media. The migration began as early as 2016, when groups like the United Aryan Front flocked ...

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 ...

VK is finally introducing two-factor authentication on all its services and plans to make it mandatory in February 2022 for administrators of large communities. VKontakte, or more commonly known as VK ...

Russian social media giant Vkontakte (VK) has launched an internal currency, VK Coin, that can be “mined,” local state-owned media outlet Tass reported on April 1. The move follows recent reports this ...

VK plans to build a new data center in St. Petersburg, Russia, after also recently launching a facility in Moscow. Announced last week, the social media firm known as Russia's Facebook said a ...