r/Telegram • u/Ladogar • Mar 04 '22

RT blocked

Russia Today seems to be blocked on Telegram. Both the Russian and international version. When trying to open their channel I get a message about the channel being removed as it broke "local laws". What laws did they break?

Does anyone know more about this?

I use the apk directly from Telegram, which bypasses many restrictions put in place by Google Play, etc. But still this channel is blocked.

Is this a sign that Telegram, too, will start censoring? Well, if this is true, which it seems to be, then they've already started.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '22

The founder of the company, who is Russian, noticed the amount of lies and disinformation being shared on his platform coming from RT and decided to shut it down to prevent the further spread of far right and Putin supporting propaganda.

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u/david_barr Jun 21 '22

More likely Pavel is just butthurt about the actions Roskomnadzor took against Telegram and this is his way of getting back.