Discussion

• @noelreports @noelreports on x

  Russian military bloggers report that service disruptions have spread beyond Telegram, with outages now affecting the MAX platform (Kremlin-backed Russian “super app” and messenger) as well. According to Russian data, failures are increasing. Roskomnadzor has confirmed

• @noelreports @noelreports on x

  Russia has officially begun blocking Telegram, according to Roskomnadzor. Users report widespread disruptions, with Downdetector data showing a surge in complaints. Reported issues include messages failing to send, media not loading, missing notifications, and app outages across …

• @delfoo Stanimir Dobrev on x

  On top of RosKomNadzor's throttling of Telegram that started today there are 7 charges of violating Russian laws filed against it with the first two to be presented in Moscow's Tagansky Court tomorrow. They might fully ban it this week. https://www.kommersant.ru/...

• @jayinkyiv @jayinkyiv on x

  Already upset about Russians losing starlink at the front, now double upset as the Kremlin is turning off Russia's most popular app Telegram. “The particularly vile thing about Telegram's slowdown is that Telegram is used for communication on the front lines.” “Bottom line: [imag…

• @ozkaterji Oz Katerji on x

  The Russian founder of Telegram attacking European leaders while ignoring the fact that Russia has just imposed restrictions on the use of the social messaging app

• @jurgen_nauditt Jürgen Nauditt on x

  Telegram has been officially blocked in Russia - the decision was made by Roskomnadzor. Putin wants to completely isolate the Russian population. [image]

• @chriso_wiki @chriso_wiki on x

  Russian warbloggers have pointed out in the past that the army is heavily dependent on Telegram for battlefield communications, including things such as calling in artillery strikes on particular coordinates. They have been strongly opposed to curbing Telegram. This could have a

• @cyberknow20 @cyberknow20 on x

  The Russian government has apparently started to restrict Telegram. Some accounts are shifting to Max. [image]

• @mike_eckel Mike Eckel on x

  Russia's tech regulator Roskomnadzor has begun throttling Telegram, per @ru_rbc. No confirmation or announcement why, but likely part of effort to push Russians away from non-state-controlled apps (incl. WhatsApp) and onto Messenger Max. https://t.me/...

• @mylovanov Tymofiy Mylovanov on x

  Russia gave its main security agency legal power to shut down internet and phone service nationwide. Like in Iran: cut the web when protests erupt. If crowds fill Moscow's streets, the switch is ready — United24. 1/ [image]

• @rajdianos Alik Puhati on x

  The rest of Russia is now facing a reality that Ossetia and the Caucasus as a wholehas been living with for over a year. Telegram is malfunctioning nationwide, with more than 9,000 complaints about problems loading voice messages and media. Recently, colleagues of mine from a [im…

• @campuscodi.risky.biz Catalin Cimpanu on bluesky

  Yet Durov is too busy complaining about mAcRoN & eU cEnSoRsHiP to even notice [embedded post]

• @uwukko @uwukko on x

  this nothingburger statement really makes me doubt that telegram will try to circumvent censorship like it did in 2018

• @darthputinkgb Darth Putin on x

  You're telling us about a platform banned by Russia on a platform banned by Russia. Naturally this is France's fault.

• @durov Pavel Durov on x

  Russia is restricting access to Telegram to force its citizens onto a state-controlled app built for surveillance and political censorship. This authoritarian move won't change our course. Telegram stands for freedom and privacy, no matter the pressure.

• @durov Pavel Durov on x

  8 years ago, Iran tried the same strategy — and failed. It banned Telegram on made-up pretexts, trying to force people onto a state-run alternative. Despite the ban, most Iranians still use Telegram (bypassing censorship) and prefer it to surveilled apps. Freedom prevails.