Within the program launched in 2010 under the name of ‘Transparency Reports’, Google reveals how the policies and actions of governments and companies affect the privacy, security and access to online information.
Finally, the company showed which applications Ukrainian citizens used the most in the past few days and the impact of the war on people. Here are the details…
Google Maps usage in Ukraine has tripled!
Google says the information it shares in its report “Traffic and disruptions to Google” includes real-time data about traffic to and from products and services around the world. In this direction, the company shared information that reflects the results of the war in Ukraine, which has been occupied by Russia for a few days.
According to shared data, Google Maps (Maps) and Google Groups (Groups) applications are almost 3 times used We see an increase of . It is stated that particularly those who want to hide in shelters during the Russian attacks and who want to go to the nearest market, etc. to meet the personal and humanitarian needs of both themselves and their families, started to use this application at a higher rate.
On the other hand, applications such as Google Sheets (Sheets) and Google Documents (Docs) are observed to lose users between 60 and 80 percent, but sometimes exceeding these amounts. Because, since the general mobilization has been declared in Ukraine, people’s business and private lives are completely suspended. For this reason, the usage of the mentioned applications is also decreasing considerably.
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