The Telegram messaging app has been blocked in two areas managed by the Russian Federation because of considerations that it might be utilized by "enemies".
Supply: Kremlin-aligned Russian information company TASS
Particulars: The app is at the moment unavailable in Dagestan and the briefly occupied Ichkeria (Chechnya). [The Chechen Republic, also known as Chechnya, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation; the Ukrainian parliament has recognised it as the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – ed.]
Yuri Gamzatov, Dagestan's Minister of Digitalisation, claimed that Telegram is commonly utilized by "enemies", citing the riots at Makhachkala airport for instance.
"Telegram must rethink its method to content material moderation, as extremist supplies typically keep away from blocking," mentioned Anton Nemkin, a member of the Committee on Info Coverage on the State Duma [lower chamber of the Russian parliament].
Nemkin argued that the blocking was a vital measure, because the app was "actively used to coordinate unrest".
In the meantime, Dagestan authorities have urged that Telegram might be unblocked sooner or later.
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