Wildberries warehouse staff were banned from using smartphones due…
Wildberries warehouse staff were banned from using smartphones due to drone strike footage. As of August 3, Wildberries employees were prohibited from bringing their own smartphones onto the warehouses.
Consensus
- Wildberries banned employees from bringing smartphones to warehouses starting August 3.
- Only button phones without cameras are allowed on warehouse premises.
- The ban is due to security concerns related to unauthorized filming of drone attacks.
- Filming during air alerts may expose positions of air defense forces and violate Russian law.
- The policy is described as an additional security measure to prevent unauthorized photo and video recording.
- The company has not changed its official policy on mobile device usage, according to press representatives.
- Drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses have occurred in multiple Russian regions since mid-July.
Points of divergence
- Employees in St. Petersburg reported that smartphones were already banned on warehouses before the fire at the Shushary warehouse two and a half years ago. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- The ban was extended to the entire facility territory, including areas previously not covered. — tg_doxajournal
- The scale of attacks affected 12 out of 15 largest Wildberries warehouses within two weeks, with total area of attacked facilities estimated at 1.21–1.47 million square meters. — tg_doxajournal
- The total damage from attacks is estimated at 280 billion rubles, excluding the last strike. — tg_doxajournal
- The number of injured in the attack on the Sobinsky district warehouse in Vladimir Oblast increased to four. — vedomosti
- The fire at the Sobinsky district warehouse was localized on an area of 100,000 square meters, with 203 firefighters and 67 units of equipment deployed, plus a Mi-8 helicopter from the MChS. — vedomosti
- The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case regarding the drone strike on the Sobinsky warehouse. — vedomosti
- Owners of Wildberries pickup points were instructed to refuse interviews and media filming, and redirect journalists to the company's press service. — kommerzant
Coverage (16 sources)
- Smartphones have long been banned at Wildberries warehouses, company employees from St. Petersburg said — Бумага
- Wildberries banned carrying smartphones to warehouses due to drone attacks — DOXA
- Order for use of mobile devices at Wildberries objects remains unchanged. For delivery, button phones are allowed... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- RWB explained rules for using phones at Wildberries objects — Ведомости
- Wildberries warehouse staff banned from using smartphones due to drone strike footage — The Moscow Times
- Wildberries reminded warehouse employees about the ban on smartphones at work — Коммерсантъ
- Wildberries banned warehouse employees from bringing smartphones to work — Вечерняя Москва
- Wildberries banned employees from bringing phones to warehouses so they would not record the aftermath of drone attacks — ASTRA
- Employees of Wildberries warehouses are forbidden from bringing smartphones to work — Дождь
- Company Wildberries banned employees from bringing cameras on warehouses after videos of drone attack consequences appeared — Медиазона
- Wildberries warehouse staff banned from bringing smartphones to work; as of today, warehouse staff at Wildberries may only bring 'button phones without cameras' to work. — Дождь (Telegram)
- Wildberries banned employees from bringing smartphones to warehouses. Starting August 3, only button phones without cameras are allowed on the premises... — Черта
- Wildberries warehouse employees banned from bringing smartphones to work — Дождь (Telegram)
- Wildberries employees banned from bringing smartphones to warehouses. Only button phones without cameras are allowed — Meduza
- Wildberries warehouse staff allowed to work only with button phones — ЭХО / Новости
- Employees of Wildberries banned from bringing smartphones to work, reports Telegram channel 'Club of partners on marketplace...', — Varlamov News