Question " Will VKontakte be closed?"Periodically pops up on the network after some regular" duck "informing that VK is once again going to be closed.
Primarily panic started to rise after as Pavel Batkovich Durov, adored by all in contacts, “stepped away from the helm”, ceasing to be the owner of VK.
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Also sometimes threatening messages leak that VKontakte will be closed due to the presence of prohibited content on it (child pornography, pirated copies of music, videos, the presence of nationalist or extremist pages on the website, etc.).
Some associate the change of the vkonakte.ru domain to vk. com with attempts to "press" perhaps the most popular social network of the Russian-speaking population. Who knows. Perhaps, if the powers that be wanted to cover up the Russian domain, they would have succeeded without any problems. But it is no longer so easy to cover a site with an international domain (especially if the servers on which all the information is stored will also be located "over the hill"). The maximum that can be done is to make it difficult for users to log into VK by adding a domain vk.com to the list of prohibited ones (which ura.ru/content/svrd/24-05-2013/news/1052158240.html have already tried to do). But such difficulties are easily "bypassed" through proxy servers and anonymizers. And as we can see, VKontakte has not yet been closed.
Certainly, in terms of the presence of licensed content in VK many claims can be brought against him. But after all, users themselves "fill" all this on their pages. Therefore, all claims should be against them. At the request of the copyright holders, all illegal copies of the content are most likely removed without question.
Will VKontakte be closed? I think no.
- I read somewhere that VK is estimated at more than $ 8 billion. Most likely this is outdated information for a long time and now it costs much more. Understanding what kind of babos are spinning on this social network(and in similar large ones), its owners are unlikely to allow the closure of VK so easily.
- Imagine what kind of high will be raised by millions of users, when closing their worlds in virtual space, where many spend most of their free and work time! So it will be close to riots.
- Rumor has it that VKontakte is a golden source of all kinds of information for FSB officers about people interesting to them. Agree that if they really somehow have the ability to track user data (watch correspondence, study any account information that is closed from prying eyes), then this is a very convenient way to monitor the mood of the population. And since the user's mail and his mobile number are linked to each page, then, theoretically, it will be much easier to find out which number, if necessary, needs to be listened to and which mailbox to hack to study its contents.
What do you think, will VKontakte be closed?
You've probably already heard that today you can push information about almost any person through social networks, and especially through VKontakte. Moreover, very often for this it is not at all necessary to be registered in it. It is enough to type the last name, first name and city of residence of the desired person in a search engine and that's it.
I will not go into detail about why this is bad (whoever wants to, he will read the article I have written on this subject on the protection of a VKontakte account), but I will focus on how to make life a little more difficult for curious people.
How to close your page in contact from search engines? (Yandex, Google, etc.)
In the upper right corner, click on the avatar. We select the item " Settings».
We select the tab " Privacy". Scroll down to the block " Other". Opposite the line "Who can see my page on the Internet" set the value "".
If you have an active old VKontakte design
We go to the section " My settings", Tab" Privacy"And opposite the very bottom line" Who can see my page on the Internet "set the value" Only for VKontakte users».
To check if you did everything correctly, do the following. Select from the menu " My page", Then click on" Log off».
After that, a message like this should appear. " The page is available only to authorized users».
How to close your VKontakte page from other users?
You can close the entire page as a whole, or some part of it from VKontakte participants can be done in the same way - by going to the settings section, the “ Privacy"And setting the settings properly. (Most often, the meaning " Only me"). Each item is described in detail, so what is responsible for - you will figure it out.
Recently, my friends on the Vkontakte social network began to repost a very old "duck" which has been about a year ago. It starts like this: "Since the old VK program has been removed since Monday ..." After reading the text of this message, I just smiled and forgot. But when I saw a dozen reposts from friends, it made me worry and write an article on this topic ...
To start with, I'll give you the full text of this post:
"The social network" Vkontakte "will be closed from next week, I will leave this entry so that my photos, correspondence, etc. will not be scattered across the Internet.
In response to the new VKontakte policy, I hereby declare that all my personal data, photographs, drawings, correspondence and so on are the objects of my copyright (according to the Berne Convention). For commercial use of all the aforementioned objects of copyright in each specific case, my written permission is required.
VKontakte is now a public company. That is why all users of this social network are encouraged to post 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 in posts on the wall of your page.
Everyone who reads this text can copy it to their wall on VKontakte. You will then be protected by copyright laws. This communique informs 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. "
So, let's begin to parse the text of this "warning" in detail. (The article is intended for ordinary Internet users, so I will not use complex terms it.)
"Because since Monday, the old VK program has been removed, I will leave this entry so that my photos, correspondence, etc. do not spread across the Internet. " According to the author of this post, Vkontakte is one program in which all user data are located, and when this program is removed, all data miraculously scatters across the Internet .... From the first words it is clear that this message is intended for people who are not at all familiar with the structure of Web sites. All data of Vkontakte users are located on the company's servers. All programs and even the Vk.com site itself just take information from servers and display it to users. In addition, there are many programs for Vkontakte, in addition to official clients for various devices, there are also unofficial clients who work to this day.
“In response to the new VKontakte policy, I hereby declare that all my personal data, photographs, drawings, correspondence and so on are the objects of my copyright (according to the Berne Convention). For commercial use of all the aforementioned objects of copyright in each specific case, my written permission is required. "
It would seem a very serious statement with a reference to such a document as the "Berne Convention". But even here not everything is as fair as the author shows. "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works" - this is the name this document bears, signed in the 19th century and revised in 1979. Naturally, this document has nothing to do with Vkontakte and the Internet in general (it simply did not exist then).
VKontakte is now a public company. That is why all users of this social network are encouraged to post 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 in posts on the wall of your page.
“Everyone who reads this text can copy it to their wall in VKontakte. You will then be protected by copyright laws. This communique informs 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. "
But this paragraph of the message is just a lie, and not even covered up. And I'll tell you why. According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, the content created by the author is already protected by law and additional actions are not required to protect it (in our case, the posting of this message). The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, article 1259, clause 4 reads: "For the emergence, exercise and protection of copyright, registration of a work or compliance with any other formalities is not required."
Moreover, all user data is protected by the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 N 152-FZ "On Personal Data" and additional actions on the part of the user are not required.
From this brief "investigation" it becomes clear that this message is a lie, or in the language of the Internet: a duck.
They appeared in Krasnodar and quickly spread in specific circles. The story is as follows: elections to the State Duma were held and one beloved party did not like the way "fair" elections were covered in social networks. On Channel One they tell one thing, and in VKontakte they honestly write about cases of arbitrariness.
Why Vkontakte was closed
Is it true that Vkontakte will be closed?
Well, work has begun to curb unnecessary activity. Under the pretext of fighting piracy, they will first close the audio recordings, then take away the video, then start blocking groups and public places under the pretext of fighting extremism and child suicide. By the fall of 2018, little will remain of VK. The final closure of Vkontakte should take place before the new presidential elections, that is, by 2024.
Experts were skeptical about the news. The fact is that Pavel Durov, with whom the special services could not agree on the closure of opposition groups, left the company long ago and now Vkontakte is controlled by a pro-government oligarch, so no one - everything will be blocked quickly and quietly. Secondly, there are much more Vkontakte users than citizens who go to the polls, and the closure of the social network can turn into really massive discontent.
Vk will be closed for Ukrainians
The Ukrainian authorities believe that the Russian social network Vkontakte threatens the country's security. The arguments are simple and logical: Ukrainians are spreading 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 in Ukraine will be closed. Sooner or later, it will happen.
Is it true that VKontakte will be closed on Monday?
No it is not true. The blow will be delivered at the most unexpected and inopportune moment, when the contacts will sleep peacefully. Woke up, lo and behold: and Vkontakte bye-bye. Where to upload your photos? Where to write all that nonsense with which the Contact has been filled for many years? Can you imagine the drama? The heart in a contactee may not stand it.
Vkontakte has already been closed in Ukraine
On April 28, 2017, the National Security and Defense Council decided 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 contacts go to the forest.
My Vkontakte was closed at work. What to do?
Blocking Vkontakte at work is just the first sign. If it is profitable for the head of your company to deprive you of access to VK, then can you imagine how it would be beneficial to deprive you of access to Vkontakte for the head of the whole country? This will happen sooner or later, but most likely by the 2024 elections.
But what if VK has already been turned off at work? The most obvious thing is to be on the phone. But if you want from a work computer, then just connect a VPN. The service costs only $ 5 per month, but you can even find it for free.
Caution, Vkontakte is closing
The panic with the closure of the social network was provoked by one of the users, who posted a message that Vkontakt would soon be closed due to numerous violations in the field of privacy policy. Like, too much social network collects data on Russians. The provocateur insisted that the social network would be closed for everyone, unless the user posted a post on his wall urging not to close VK with tags:
- #ReturnDurov
- #vk_live
- #VkNoStart
Given the low average IQ of users of the social network, this joke went around the VK for a long time.
Vkontakte secrets
A selection of curious facts about your favorite social network:
- Did you know that there are about but none of them give a 100% guarantee? Vkontakte is invincible!
- It gets harder every year. 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 the Vkontakte servers were on Windows, the social network would have long been polluted with viruses and would have crashed in a day.
- Experts tried
- The most popular adult video in VKontakte is from Maria Evdokimova.
- At her aunt, She describes what kind of torment she had to go through before the dumb VK admins restored her access. Shock!
- What will happen if you choose a password for someone else's Vkontakte page and log in? They will solder 2 articles of the Criminal Code at once and give a two-piece.
| Why VK will be blocked | Why VK won't be blocked |
| Illegal content is often posted | It is convenient to quickly identify and plant "extremists" |
| Messages about rallies are disseminated through social networks | Convenient to control opposition |
| Vkontakte does not benefit the official and VK will be closed | Vkontakte brings profit to oligarchs close to the Kremlin - will not be closed |
| VK spies on users | State intelligence services have access to the collected dossiers |
German Klimenko laughed at the ridiculous spam attack on users of the popular Russian social network
March 6, 2017 could have become a day of mourning for users of the popular Russian social network VKontakte (since the end of February, a message has been circulating on the resource about its imminent blocking), but the next closure of the site was not destined to happen. Realnoe Vremya decided to investigate the situation and collected five facts about the problems of the popular social network.
Why won't March 6 be a "day of mourning"?
Since the end of February, a message has been circulating on the VKontakte social network about the imminent closure of the resource, and on the eve of the publication with the same content, spammers fasted at a rate of once a minute. In the test of the post, a specific closing date is called - March 6, 2017 - and the person in charge who made an official statement is Herman Klimenko, who, according to the authors of the message, is the press secretary of VK (in fact, Klimenko is an advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on the Internet).
German Klimenko has already commented on the situation to the press, saying that everyone is openly laughing at this message, and he is not a press secretary for 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 blocking VK, their personal information will be in the public domain, and in order to avoid this, they need to copy this message to their wall.
German Klimenko has already commented on the situation to the press, saying that everyone is openly laughing at this message, and he is not a press secretary for the social network, which, by the way, will not be closed. Photo rosbalt.ru
Accidents in VK data centers and regular failures
Rumors about the upcoming closure of VK were notably fueled by a large-scale disruption in 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 being inaccessible for a number of technical reasons.
In general, in the history of "VK" there are several major failures in work. One of the most notable happened on July 25, 2010: the site remained unavailable for more than four hours due to a power outage in the data center. Another failure took place on July 27, 2014: then, as a result of an accident in one of the data centers, the site was also inaccessible to users.
On August 4, 2015, the VKontakte website remained unavailable 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 coincidence of a number of circumstances." The increasing incidence of VKontakte's unavailability led to the popularization of the hashtag # vkzhivi on Twitter.
Is Pavel Durov to blame for everything?
In addition to the hashtag, the opinion spread among users that regular failures 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 CEO of the company.
In his address, the creator of the social network claimed that in 2013 his freedom of action as the CEO of VKontakte was greatly reduced. He complained that the principles underlying the social network had become more and more difficult to defend and that formal positions in the current conditions were not interesting to him. Experts are sure that in this way Durov hinted at serious pressure from the security forces, demanding the closure of the opposition VK groups, 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 was taken over by Mail.Ru Group.
The opinion spread among users that regular interruptions in work began exactly after Pavel Durov left the company. Photo aif.by
Not the first "closure" in 10 years of the existence of the social network
The upcoming "closure" of "VKontakte" will not be the first and obviously 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, since it has become too difficult to manage the site."
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 half a year, panic messages appear that the social network will be closed.
A hotbed of fakes
VKontakte is a fairly large-scale hotbed of fake news, not only about its closure. Like any social network, fictional stories of varying degrees are disseminated through VK, which, sometimes without preliminary verification, get into the media and are perceived by the population as verified facts.
Similar cases periodically occur in the Tatarstan press: literally last year, a local newspaper spread the news that during a fire at one of the industrial facilities of the Republic of Tatarstan, a huge piece of concrete ceiling flew away from an explosion towards the penal colony and, when it fell, demolished a watch tower with a machine gunner. broke through the fence and the restricted area, and the prisoners allegedly fled wherever they looked.
Lina Sarimova
