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⛔️ FSB asked to check Telegram messenger for terrorist propaganda ⛔️

Lawmaker Alexander Ageyev (A Just Russia) has asked the Federal Security Service (FSB) chief, Alexander Bortnikov, to check the Telegram internet messaging service which is allegedly used by the Islamic State militants

http://www.rapsinews.com/news/20151116/274926706.html

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“You Might As Well Ban Words”
Pavel Durov on Russia’s Proposal to Block Telegram

http://telegramgeeks.com/2015/11/you-might-as-well-ban-words-pavel-durov-on-russias-proposal-to-block-telegram/

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❎ TELEGRAM | APPLE BLOCKING ❎

Apple forces Telegram to block @vkmusic_bot

http://telegramgeeks.com/2015/12/apple-forces-telegram-to-block-a-music-bot/

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🇮🇩 TELEGRAM BLOCKED IN INDONESIA

The Indonesian government confirmed the blocking of Telegram. The reason for blocking is due to terrorism activities in Telegram.

A screenshot of Swamedium shows a government mail asking internet service providers to close a number of sites containing 11 Telegram domains.

Director General of Applications and Informatics Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan confirmed the blocking of this telegram to CNNIndonesia.com in a short message.

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🌐 Sources (in indonesian 🇮🇩):
— CNNIndonesia
— kompas

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Telegram CEO talking about the Indonesian issue

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Telegram Blocked in Pakistan

It is reported that most of the users facing the issue have confirmed that the problem is specifically related to PTCL users. However, some people think that PTCL might have unintentionally blocked the Telegram app.

We are hoping that concerned authorities, such as PTA and PTCL might look into the matter soon and take some steps to fix it.

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We strongly recommend russian users to use a VPN and/or proxy service to mask their real IP. With that trick you will be able to use Telegram.

There are many free VPNs over there, our favourites are:

— Proton VPN

— Opera browser default VPN

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Roskomnadzor (Russia's telecommunications watchdog) bans 4 Million Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram

— Russia is blocking Amazon and google subnets in an attempt to restrict Telegram messenger access.

— The move to ban these IP blocks is a response to Telegram moving some of its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud servers over the weekend.

— Roskomnadzor banned the Telegram instant messaging client inside Russia's border on Friday, April 13, after Telegram refused to hand over customers' encryption keys to the FSB, Russia's main intelligence service.

— By moving servers to Amazon and Google servers, Telegram was able to skirt the initial ban and provide service to Russian users over the weekend.

— Many users ridiculed Roskomnadzor's decision on social media, and for good reasons, as the move to mass-ban so many IP addresses had secondary repercussions, as it also blocked many legitimate web services. Users reported many online games, mobile apps, and cryptocurrency services going dark over the course of the day.

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📅 April 13:

The Court of Moscow decided to block Telegram on the territory of Russia.

📅 April 16:

Russia banned over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google's cloud infrastructure.

52.58.0.0/15  -AMAZON-
18.196.0.0/15 -AMAZON-
18.194.0.0/15 -AMAZON-
18.184.0.0/15 -AMAZON-
35.156.0.0/14 -GOOGLE-
35.192.0.0/12 -GOOGLE-

📅 April 17:

Russia just blocked another 2 million IP addresses. 1 million from Amazon’s subnet and another 1 million from Google’s subnet.

54.160.0.0/12 -AMAZON-
35.208.0.0/12 -GOOGLE-

Overall, 4 million IP addresses were banned to stop 1 messenger that still works just fine. 😎

#censorship #russia #block

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Pavel Durov just posted this words on VK:

Thank you for your support and dedication – together we managed to survive the first 24 hours of blocking.

As shown last night, in their war, authorities of Russia are ready to block millions of IP addresses of cloud hosting, regardless of losses of foreign projects.

In addition, the Russian authorities are struggling with independent services of proxy/VPN. Many of which no longer work (if this occurs, disable the proxy settings in Telegram and try to find another).

Although the Russian market is a substantial fraction of the user base of Telegram, it is important to us for personal reasons.

Digital Resistance is a decentralized movement to protect digital freedom and progress – I started to pay bitcoin to the administrators of the proxies and vpns. In the course of this year I will be happy to sacrifice millions for that purpose. I encourage everyone to join and participate – setting up a proxy/vpn servers or donating to them.

🌐 Source: VK

#censorship #russia #block

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Iran orders internet providers to block Telegram

Iran’s judiciary has just ordered the nation’s telecommunications providers to block Telegram . According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency stated that the decision was issued via a court ruling in Tehran. An estimated 40 million Iranians — half of the country’s population — use Telegram to communicate.

Iranian authorities say Telegram has been used to spread lies and incite public opinion, and that it has also been used by terrorists and pornographers.

As of Monday, Telegram appears to still be functioning in the country following the court order.

🌐 Source 1 | Source 2

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