Russia's Attempt to Ban Pavel Durov's 'Telegram' App | The Russia Desk | NowThis
Imagine the protests that would break out if the U.S. government tried to ban Facebook Messenger. That's what young people in Russia are going through right ...
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Why are protesters in Russia flying paper planes? Imagine the US Federal Government trying to block a popular messaging app - say, Facebook Messenger. Now, imagine Mark Zuckerberg fighting back, and the government then imposing a blanket ban on a huge portion of the Internet in retaliation. That’s what’s happening in Russia right now. In recent weeks, Russian officials have been doing everything within their power to ban Telegram, a popular messaging app used by 13 million Russians. In their haste to shut the app down, the Russian equivalent of the FCC, blocked 20 million IP addresses, crippling the Russian internet. They then scaled that back to a mere ballpark 14 million. The IP address ban and targeting of Telegram has led to mass protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where peop...
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Why are protesters in Russia flying paper planes? Imagine the US Federal Government trying to block a popular messaging app - say, Facebook Messenger. Now, imagine Mark Zuckerberg fighting back, and the government then imposing a blanket ban on a huge portion of the Internet in retaliation. That’s what’s happening in Russia right now. In recent weeks, Russian officials have been doing everything within their power to ban Telegram, a popular messaging app used by 13 million Russians. In their haste to shut the app down, the Russian equivalent of the FCC, blocked 20 million IP addresses, crippling the Russian internet. They then scaled that back to a mere ballpark 14 million. The IP address ban and targeting of Telegram has led to mass protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where peop...
