Will the social network in contact be closed? What date does VK close? “VK” may be closed for a long time. Is it true that VKontakte will be closed on Monday

Last weekend, VKontakte users heatedly discussed the closure of the social network.

The reason for the panic was a letter that one of the social network users published on his wall. He wrote that on Monday VKontakte will be completely deleted, and all user data will become publicly available. “Therefore, all users of this social network are recommended to post a similar “privacy notice” on their pages... This communique notifies VKontakte that disclosure, copying, distribution of my personal information or any other illegal actions in relation to my profile on the social network is strictly prohibited.” , wrote one of the users.

End of VKontakte

After this, the message began to spread massively on social networks with the hashtags #Bring BackDurov #vk_live #VkNeBenet.

Many claim that this is all a lie and someone’s stupid joke. Moreover, such messages about the closure of the network have been circulating for several years. In addition, according to users, VKontakte is a profitable project, so it will not be closed.

Popularity of VKontakte

VKontakte is the most popular social network in Russia. Its monthly audience in March 2015 amounted to 53 million 600 thousand people. In second place are Odnoklassniki (38 million 700 thousand users), in third place is Facebook with 23 million 700 thousand users, and in fourth place is “My World” (23 million 700 thousand people).

German Klimenko laughed at the ridiculous spam attack on users of a popular Russian social network

March 6, 2017 could have become a day of sorrow for users of the popular Russian social network VKontakte (since the end of February, a message about its imminent blocking has been spreading on the resource), however, another closure of the site was not destined to happen. Realnoe Vremya decided to look into the situation and collected five facts about the problems of the popular social network.

Why won't March 6 become a “day of mourning”?

Since the end of February, a message has been circulating on the social network VKontakte about the imminent closure of the resource, and on the eve of publications with the same content, spammers posted at a rate of once a minute. The test post names a specific closing date - March 6, 2017 - and the person in charge who made the official statement is German Klimenko, who, according to the authors of the message, is the press secretary of VK (in fact, Klimenko holds the position of Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation for Internet issues).

German Klimenko has already commented on the situation to the press, saying that everyone is openly laughing at this message, and he is not the press secretary of the social network, which, by the way, will not be closed.

Note that even such a clumsy presentation of the message could cause a small surge of panic and increased attention to the news about the closure of the resource. At the same time, users of the social network were frightened by the fact that after VK is blocked, their personal information will be publicly available, and to avoid this, they need to copy this message to their wall.

Accidents in VK data centers and regular failures

Rumors about the impending closure of VK were significantly fueled by a large-scale failure on the social network that occurred at the beginning of this week and lasted for several hours. But it is worth noting that VKontakte, like any other resource, is at risk of becoming unavailable for a number of technical reasons.

In general, in the history of VK there are several major operational failures. One of the most notable occurred on July 25, 2010: the site remained inaccessible for more than four hours due to a power outage in the data center. Another failure occurred on July 27, 2014: then, as a result of an accident in one of the data centers, the site was also unavailable to users.

On August 4, 2015, the VKontakte website remained inaccessible for more than two hours. According to the company's press service, the cause of the problem was a physical break in the cable connecting the data centers. It was later reported that the cause of the failure was a “fatal combination of circumstances.” Increasing cases of VKontakte inaccessibility led to the popularization of the hashtag #vkzhivi on Twitter.

Is it all Pavel Durov's fault?

In addition to the hashtag, the opinion spread among users that regular disruptions began exactly after Pavel Durov left the company. On April 1, 2014, on his VKontakte page, Durov announced that he was leaving the post of general director of the company.

In his appeal, the creator of the social network argued that in 2013, his freedom of action as CEO of VKontakte was greatly reduced. He complained that the principles underlying the social network had become increasingly difficult to defend and that formal positions in the current conditions were of no interest to him. Experts are sure that in this way Durov hinted at serious pressure from the security forces demanding the closure of opposition groups “VK”, censorship and access to personal data of users.

Durov sold his shares to the famous media manager and former CEO of MegaFon Ivan Tavrin, and the entire social network became the property of Mail.Ru Group.

The opinion spread among users that regular disruptions began exactly after Pavel Durov left the company. Photo aif.by

Not the first “closure” in the 10 years of the social network’s existence

The upcoming “closure” of VKontakte will not be the first and certainly not the last in the history of the social network. In 2009, the resource was supposed to be closed by a court decision; in March 2012, Pavel Durov himself allegedly stated that “his brainchild will stop working because managing the site has become too difficult.”

In the vastness of VK there is even a thematic group called “Maybe it’s true, maybe not... VKontakte will be closed,” in which, once a year or six months, panic messages appear that the social network will be closed.

A breeding ground for fakes

VKontakte is a fairly large-scale hotbed of fake news, not only about its closure. As with any social network, fictitious stories of varying degrees are disseminated through VK, which, sometimes without prior verification, end up in the media and are perceived by the population as verified facts.

Similar cases are periodically encountered in the Tatarstan press: just last year, a local publication disseminated the news that during a fire at one of the industrial facilities of the Republic of Tatarstan, a huge piece of concrete ceiling flew from an explosion towards a correctional colony and, when falling, demolished a clock tower with a machine gunner, broke through the fence and the restricted area, and the prisoners allegedly ran away in all directions.

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VKontakte Vladislav Tsyplukhin stated that rumors about the closure of this resource are unfounded. “This is all nonsense,” he added. On his VKontakte page, Tsyplukhin also noted that “some idiotic” rumor was born, which had to be refuted. The source of this data remains unknown, but recently a rumor about the closure of VKontakte again spread across the media and blogs. It is reported that the social network will be closed, and a specific date is indicated - March 15. The authorities will close VKontakte due to the refusal of its administration to close opposition groups: we have already written How did the management of VKontakte respond to such a proposal from the FSB? .

In addition, recently the founder of the social network "VKontakte" Pavel Durov posted on his microblog Twitter a summons from the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg, where he was ordered to come to testify about the opposition groups "VKontakte", but he could not appear because he did not have time to read . Soon after this, he sent a letter to the editors of Lenta explaining his attitude to the situation.

There, Durov, in particular, indicated that if the service wants to preserve the domestic Internet industry, then requests to block the opposition are not applicable, including since this means giving a head start to competitors, however, he is not going to become an “icon of liberalism” and considers “talks about voting , elections, rallies and civic position<...>form of mass entertainment, along with discussing football matches and playing Happy Farmer."

Perhaps the panic began after rumors appeared that a new bill has been prepared in Russia obliging the blocking of sites (sites that “promote the use, production, sale of narcotic drugs” and “extremist materials” will also be included in the unified database of Internet threats) upon request regulatory authorities.

The Safe Internet League, together with businesses and officials, has prepared a bill obliging operators to block sites with illegal content. The project pursues a good goal - the fight against child pornography, but can lead to the emergence of full-fledged Internet censorship.

However, the bill deals not only with sites with child porn - sites that “promote the use, production, sale of narcotic drugs” and “extremist materials” will also be included in the unified database of Internet threats. Operators will be required to block such sites “based on the decision of the federal body exercising supervisory functions in the communications sector to include the site in a unified database of Internet threats, that is, Roskomnadzor.

The league is starting its fight against child porn with Yandex. The search engine refuses to remove relevant images and links from the search results, Davydov explains: “We contacted Yandex with a request to filter such content, but the company refused, citing the fact that there is no corresponding law in Russia.”

We managed to come to an agreement with the search engine, but the social network "In contact with" itself has undertaken to regularly clean the content, and Mail.ru pages are moderated by special people.

Last weekend, VKontakte users heatedly discussed the closure of the social network.

End of VKontakte

After this, the message began to spread massively on social networks with the hashtags #Bring BackDurov #vk_live #VkNeBenet.

Popularity of VKontakte

They appeared in Krasnodar and quickly spread through specific circles. The story is this: elections to the State Duma took place and one beloved party did not like the way the “fair” elections were covered on social networks. On Channel One they tell one thing, but on VKontakte they honestly write about cases of arbitrariness.

Is it true that VKontakte will be closed?

Well, work has begun to suppress unnecessary activity. Under the pretext of fighting piracy, they will first close audio recordings, then they will take away videos, then they will begin to block groups and public pages under the pretext of fighting extremism and child suicide. By the fall of 2017, there will be little left of VK. The final closure of VKontakte should take place before the presidential elections, that is, by 2018.

Experts reacted to the news with skepticism. The fact is that Pavel Durov, with whom the special services were unable to reach an agreement on closing down opposition groups, left the company a long time ago and now VKontakte is controlled by a pro-government oligarch, so there is no way - everything will be blocked quickly and quietly. Secondly, there are many more VKontakte users than citizens going to the polls, and the closure of the social network could result in truly massive discontent.

VK will be closed for Ukrainians too

Ukrainian authorities believe that the Russian social network VKontakte threatens the country's security. The arguments are simple and logical: Ukrainians post dossiers on themselves, and they are stored on the territory of another state, which the Ukrainian authorities consider hostile. Do you need to solve the problem? Necessary! VKontakte will be closed in Ukraine. Sooner or later, but it will happen.

Is it true that VKontakte will be closed on Monday?

No it is not true. The blow will be struck at the most unexpected and inopportune moment, when the contactees are sleeping peacefully. We woke up, and lo and behold: VKontakte is just like that. Where should I post my shitty photos? Where can I write all the nonsense that Kontaktik has been filling with for many years? Can you imagine the drama? The heart of a contactee may not be able to stand it.

VKontakte has already been closed in Ukraine

On April 28, 2017, a decision was made by the National Security and Defense Council to block VKontakte on the territory of Ukraine. Poroshenko signed the decree. The document prescribes blocking access to VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Mail.Ru and Yandex. Thus, Ukrainian VKontakteers are going through the woods.

Secrets of VKontakte

A selection of interesting facts about your favorite social network:

Did you know that there are some but none of them give a 100% guarantee? VKontakte is invincible!
Every year it becomes more and more difficult Why do you think? The answer will surprise you.
Did you know that it is only thanks to this that the social network pleases us with stable work and high productivity. If VKontakte servers were on Windows, then the social network would have been polluted with viruses long ago and would have crashed every other day.
Experts tried
The most popular video for adults on VKontakte is from Maria Evdokimova.
At her aunt's, She describes the torment she had to go through before the stupid VK admins restored her access. Shock!
What happens if you guess the password for someone else’s VKontakte page and log in? They will immediately solder 2 articles of the Criminal Code and give you a two-room coin.

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German Klimenko laughed at the ridiculous spam attack on users of a popular Russian social network

Why won't March 6 become a “day of mourning”?

Accidents in VK data centers and regular failures

Is it all Pavel Durov's fault?

Durov sold his shares to the famous media manager and former CEO of MegaFon Ivan Tavrin, and the entire social network became the property of Mail.Ru Group.

The opinion spread among users that regular disruptions began exactly after Pavel Durov left the company. Photo aif.by

Not the first “closure” in the 10 years of the social network’s existence

A breeding ground for fakes

And you use this social network. Believe it or not, over the past week two people asked me the same strange question, in my opinion.
We were talking about an entry that had been circulating on VKontakte for a long time, beginning with the words: “Starting Monday, the VK program will be deleted, I will leave this entry so that my photos, correspondence, etc. do not spread across the Internet...”, etc.
The question was: does it work? Is it necessary to make such public statements?

To make it clear to everyone what I’m talking about, I’m posting the text of this entry in its entirety, and below I’ll tell you what it really is.

« Since the old VK program is being removed from Monday, I will leave this entry so that my photos, correspondence, etc. do not spread across the Internet.
In response to the new VKontakte policy, I hereby declare that all my personal data, photographs, drawings, correspondence, etc. are subject to my copyright (according to the Berne Convention). For commercial use of all above-mentioned copyrights, my written permission is required on a case-by-case basis.
VKontakte is now a public company. That is why all users of this social network are recommended to place such a “privacy notice” on their pages, otherwise (if the notice is not published on the page at least once), you automatically authorize any use of data from your page, your photos and information published on messages on the wall of your page.
Anyone who reads this text can copy it to their wall on VKontakte. You will then be protected by copyright laws. This communique notifies VKontakte that disclosure, copying, dissemination of my personal information or any other illegal actions in relation to my profile on the social network is strictly prohibited.»

This post has been circulating on the social network VKontakte for more than a year. I’ll say right away that this is all complete nonsense.
Such publications have no legal force (as well as common sense). By the way, the origin of this “duck” has already been investigated and on some forum it is indicated that this was done at one time to promote the profile of one of the unscrupulous users.
As for the legal part, it is immediately clear that the information was compiled with the expectation that the population is illiterate in matters of copyright. I'll explain why:

The Berne Convention (the full name of the document is “The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works”) is indeed still in force and is the fundamental international legal act in the field of copyright protection, but it was signed in 1886 (19th century). The truth was later revised in 1979. As you already understood, it does not regulate any relationships related to personal data, and especially to electronic correspondence on VKontakte. This is the first mistake made by the compilers of our strange entry.

The second blunder is the statement that “ If a notice is not posted on a page at least once, you automatically authorize any use of data from your page».

Any objects of copyright (photos, copyright notes, music, poetry, literary works) receive legal protection due to their bona fide creation by the author. According to clause 4. Art. 1259 According to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, for the emergence, implementation and protection of copyright (including literary works), registration of the work or compliance with any other formalities is not required.

The absence of a prohibition from the copyright holder on the use of objects is not considered consent (permission) - this is regulated by Article 1229 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

What you post on your page, for example, photos of which you are the author, or your stories, is nothing more than bringing to public attention - one of the ways to use the work to which you, as the copyright holder, have full rights in accordance with Art. 1270 Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
And finally, let me remind you that, just like copyright objects, your personal data is also already protected without your participation. The procedure for using personal data is regulated Federal law dated July 27, 2006 No. 152-FZ “On Personal Data”.

The same applies to correspondence, which is guaranteed confidential by Article 23 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, without any additional statements on your part.

So, friends, don’t be fooled by stupid tricks and don’t fill your timeline and your friends’ heads with all sorts of nonsense. Better subscribe to useful news. I hope that each of you who have read this material, in order to avoid getting into such stupid situations, will go