Access to Telegram now Banned in this Country
Nowadays, it takes the government nothing to ban social networks from being accessed by citizens. We've seen reports of several countries whose internet access was totally blocked - for safety and (sometimes) just ridiculous reasons. Few weeks ago, Telegram was banned in Russia for refusing to provide users' data to government authorities. Now, Iran has also kicked out the popular instant messenger from it country.
Iran's ban on Telegram is reportedly aimed at safeguarding the national security, as the country has witnessed massive anti-government protests in recent times and officials believe that the popular messaging service has been extensively used by organizers of these rallies.
In addition, all network carriers in Iran blocked access to Telegram so as to confront any criminal activities that is being carried out in the Middle East country. The judiciary who ruled this ban went on to suggest an alternative indeginous app called Soroush, for Iranians to use, as they claim it boasts of similar features with Telegram.
As at last month, Telegram announced that it now has 200 million monthly users, and the Co-Founder, Pavel Durov used the medium to reassure users that their data is safe with them. He said “...We don’t do deals with marketers, data miners or government agencies.”
This is really sad because Telegram has an estimated 40 million users in Iran, but it is clear why the government banned them. And it seems it will last for a very long time since they are not willing to cooperate by providing users data and chat history to the Iranian authorities.
this is crazy that a government can ban a website.
call out to other servers in other countries, or use a different internet that allows access. you guys must protest and let them know this is not acceptable!
Yeah I guess that's what they're gonna do,
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Really that's s crazy....
But Dear @donutboy there are some people available who Know that how to cheat their Government and they are are using blocked Sites in their Country.
Some month Ago My Country's Government was blocked Youtube but some people tricky were using this site with their tricks.
make government-free internet then.
didn't people make satellites over 50 years ago?
You are right dear @tetsuo
Wow Iran has banned telegram
That really a great loss but we can't blame them as they have good reasons to it.
Great loss for telegram
Hmmmm
Yeah it's true
Ya this is bad business for telegram
Wow this is interesting, great loss for telegram but one things is sure Iran have a good reason and I feel telegram should be able to work something out
Yeah!!
But I have a kinda bad feeling that this's gonna last for a long period of time.
It sure will but on the brighter side it's for their safety
The problem is the criminal activities that is being carried out in the Middle East country,so the government have to take this measure to protect their country
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Sure will,
thank you
Which country is "this country"? Iran?
Yeah
I guess it is to curtail some nefarious activities
Ban on some social media is not new for instance Facebook was ban in China some years back.
I guess the ban might be lifted soon
Hmmmmmm
It's really kinda strange
Don't know how it will be if telegram gets ban in nigeria......
My lovely airdrops
It won't
Telegram is far better than Whatsapp
Nigerian government is somewhat open to trending tech but aren't ready to learn innovations
Hmmmmm
Yes
I agree with that.....
That's bad thing.
What's the problem of Government with this app.
But Dear @jesse12 you can use it with your Trick
Actually it's not a site, it's a chat app
Sorry bro I know It was just mistake.
Hmmmmmm, I guess you didn't..