Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In April 2020, the Government of Russia started using the blocked Telegram platform to spread information related to COVID-19 outbreak. On 18 June 2020 Roskomnadzor lifted its ban on Telegram after it 'agrees to help with extremism investigations'. [2] The court ruling which was the basis of original ban is still in force, and hence the lifting ...
Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
On 4 August 2016, a Moscow court ruled that LinkedIn must be blocked in Russia because it stores the user data of Russian citizens outside of the country, in violation of the new data retention law. This ban was upheld on 10 November 2016. [51] and the ban was officially issued by Roskomnadzor on 17 November 2016. [52]
Musk said the arrest was a violation of freedom of speech. After Elon Musk purchased Twitter and renamed it X, he became a vociferous voice for the First Amendment and a "free speech absolutist."
Durov, often referred to as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia,” launched Telegram with his brother Nikolai in 2013 and has a net worth of $9.15 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.
LONDON (Reuters) - Telegram Messenger said it does not know why fines against it and other major technology companies were dropped in Russia, but said it has no assets, offices or employees there.
Pavel Durov is a Russian entrepreneur known for co-founding and being the chief executive officer (CEO) of Telegram messenger, offering end-to-end encryption in messages, voice and video calls. [13] [14] In 2018, Russia attempted to block Telegram, after the company refused to cooperate with Russian security services. [15]
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian users of Telegram and WhatsApp had trouble accessing the messaging apps on Wednesday due to disruption the state communications monitoring service said was caused by a ...