![]() ![]() “There is a court ruling, and actions to block (the app) were based on it. ![]() In April, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted that the app is being widely used despite the ban. This year, coronavirus task forces in many Russian regions have chosen Telegram for their daily updates. ![]() Russian government officials were among the app’s active users, and some government agencies kept running their official accounts in Telegram. The company refused to hand over encryption keys, arguing that it would violate users’ rights to privacy and would not help weed out terrorists.Īfter telecommunication providers were instructed to block the app in April 2018, it became briefly unavailable, but was back online within a few hours and has remained widely used ever since. ![]()
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