The FSB says the charges are related to Telegram’s failure to remove material ‘used by Ukrainian special services and by terrorist and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism… within the Russian Federation’
Hackers working for Iran’s government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.
The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app’s message-editing feature.
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that shortlinks to the messaging app had “stopped working.”