“Snapchat” disables the feature in Ukraine for public safety
Today, Saturday, the Snapchat video application announced that it has disabled a feature for its users in Ukraine
He said he had disabled the “Heatmap” feature to protect users inside Ukraine, which shows places where many videos have been recorded for the purpose of inviting tourists to visit, and are marked within the app with a glowing red circle and spots.
As a safety precaution we have temporarily disabled the Snap Map’s "heatmap" of public Snaps in Ukraine. We will continue to offer curated Stories comprised of Snaps submitted in Ukraine.
— Snapchat Support (@snapchatsupport) March 5, 2022
And other technology companies have disabled features that can show the movements of Ukrainians leaving the country, after the Russian military operation there.
Google has disabled live traffic data in Ukraine, including the live traffic layer of its maps, in order to protect local residents, as has Apple, which has disabled live traffic data in Ukraine.
Russia began the military operation aimed at disarming the Ukrainian regime and ridding Ukraine of Nazism on February 24 in response to the request of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which requested Russia’s help to end the attacks of the forces of the Ukrainian regime on them.
In a speech to the Russian people, President Putin said that the conditions required immediate decisive action. He appealed to the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders issued by the regime in Ukraine, to lay down weapons and go to their homes.
The Russian Defense Ministry later said that Russian forces are not striking Ukrainian cities and are using high-precision weapons against specific military facilities.
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