BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission): House Commission · December 3, 2025

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Alana, director with the U.S. Helsinki Commission, opened the briefing by describing meetings in occupied Ukraine where civil-society actors reported intense information controls; she said occupation authorities flood residents with propaganda, search devices, and seek to isolate populations, calling the information bubble central to Kremlin efforts to erase the Ukrainian state. She introduced the panel and said the session would examine Max, a Russian "super app" used for surveillance.

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A U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing examined Russia's Max "super app," which panelists said is being used as a state-controlled platform that collects extensive personal data and could extend Russia's model of information control beyond its borders.

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