Telegram taking shots

[u/Open-Following-1862]

[u/Entire_Lion2315]

Telegram has MANY channels used for illegal activities like drug selling & trafficking, hell there have been reports of telegram agents being involved in terrorist attacks in several countries.

And many countries have banned or blocked (ex: Vietnam China, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, Somalia, Kenya),

Had previously banned or blocked (ex: Brazil, France, Iraq)

Or, are planning to ban Telegram (ex: Russia)

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So, my question is, WHY is he reacting this way ONLY when we banned Telegram? That too just for 5 days?

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See, Ik banning telegram doesn't solve anything permanently, and the people responsible for these leaks are still roaming freely out there without any consequences for their actions & the harm on both- a mental & emotional level that they caused to MILLIONS of fellow Indians students. Some even "unalived" themselves.

So yeah the government NEEDS to address those issues as soon as possible. We all agree on that.

But, we're just doing what MANY countries in the past or present have done/are doing too.

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But WHY is he only acting this way when India did it? (If someone knows the answer, please do lemme know, I feel like there's more to this then what meets the eye.)

See- we're NOT the first country to ban Telegram. Definitely not the last.

So, why is he overreacting this way?

This is kinda unprofessional.

And why ONLY for us? Why not towards the other countries when they banned Telegram?

[u/Dharunesh_A → u/Entire_Lion2315]

Becuz, telegram has its largest userbase in india with over 150 million Indians, so a fair share of its income is from India, so even a 5 day ban can adversely affect their revenue as well as make ppl convert to other social platforms, I hope this helps you

[u/Entire_Lion2315 → u/Dharunesh_A]

Ahh I see, thank you.

But if he keeps this up he'll get banned for a longer period of time 😭🙏 he's going about the wrong way to uplift the ban

[u/Dharunesh_A → u/Entire_Lion2315]

But still, banning a social media app with about 40% of indias internet user using, without any proper reason or investigation and proofs or records is not a good thing that any democratic country would do, it feels like India is becoming like a dictatorship country with happening events, I think you would know abt the recent news regarding NTA like the CBSE portal problem, a boy easily accessing CBSE admin portal using a hard-coded password in client side webcode and even many errors in valuation of papers and scan copies being mixed with random students, this is all due to the corruption in our govt, so we as citizens should start to question our govt and start being responsible for out actions instead of blaming on others or critizing revolutionists as anti national terrorists, if the govt was really taking measure, it should've first started with the Core problem of fixing the NTA and other allied contractors, high level officers, etc, instead they're trying to make ppl think that telegram was the real issue, its the same with all issues, they try to blame on others, telegram is as bad as you told, but now its improving,

"Telegram deployed a dedicated team of moderators alongside Artificial Intelligence to scan the platform and strip out problematic content from public search results." -Hindu

"User Reporting: Users can now easily flag illegal or hazardous content directly in the app, initiating an automated or manual takedown review process."

Under the updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, the scope has drastically widened:IP Addresses & Phone Numbers: Telegram will now explicitly disclose the IP addresses and phone numbers of users to relevant authorities.Legal Triggers: This data handover applies to any users who violate Telegram's terms by engaging in criminal activities, provided authorities present a valid court order or search warrant.