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Coverage dated August 20, 2024

Quit dating apps, Russia tells border region citizens over security fears

Headline from Local News 8

By Olga Voitovych, Edward Szekeres and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities have urged people in the border regions to stop using dating apps and limit their use of social media to prevent Ukrainian forces from gathering intelligence as it presses on with its incursion into the Kursk re…

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  1. Local News 8

    Quit dating apps, Russia tells border region citizens over security fears (opens Local News 8)

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    By Olga Voitovych, Edward Szekeres and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities have urged people in the border regions to stop using dating apps and limit their use of social media to prevent Ukrainian forces from gathering intelligence as it presses on with its incursion into the Kursk re…

  2. New York Post

    Russia urges citizens to stop using dating apps in areas being hammered by Ukraine (opens New York Post)

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    Russia has begged its citizens to quit using dating apps and warned them to start curbing social media usage in the regions currently being hammered by Ukrainian forces following its surprise cross-border incursion.

  3. Breitbart News

    Russia Claims Ukraine Using Dating Websites to Gather Intel in Border Region (opens Breitbart News)

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    Russia warned residents in border regions not to use dating sites out of concern that Ukraine is using them for intelligence-gathering.

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