Nationwide Telegram Ban Begins in Russia – Kremlin Switches to ICQ
Russian state telecommunications regulator said on Monday that the country has started to implement a nationwide ban on the secure messaging app Telegram. The app makers have repeatedly refused the Kremlin's demands to offer a backdoor access to the encrypted messaging app. On Friday, a … Read More
NFL great becomes college trustee
LaDainian Tomlinson loves TCU. Now TCU is showing him some love. At a recent university board of trustee meeting, Tomlinson was named one of four new trustees. Also named were Dee J. Kelly Jr., F. Howard Walsh III and Thomas F. Meagher Jr. A trustee has several responsibilities, mainly … Read …
Russia implements ban on Telegram
The instruction was issued by communications regulator Roskomnadzor in response to a district court ruling that Telegram should be restricted after it refused to grant Russian authorities access to its user data. The app's founder Pavel Durov has repeatedly claimed that the firm will now relinquish its … Read More
Russia’s ban on encrypted messaging app Telegram begins
Russia's ban on encrypted messaging app Telegram has come into force, as the country's communication watchdog has given internet and mobile service providers 24 hours to block access to the app. A Moscow court ruled last week the company had failed to hand over encryption keys to unscramble … Read More
Russia Blocks Telegram Messaging App
Russia began implementing a ban on popular instant messaging service Telegram in accordance with a court ruling after the app's administrators refused to provide encrypted messages to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Russia's state telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor said … Read More
Telegram the latest app to be banned as Russia sends defiant message
The encrypted messaging app Telegram is the latest to be banned in Russia, prompting Kremlin officials to look elsewhere for how it communicates with the media. We found out last week that not all Android vendors are created equal when it comes to security patches following research by a pair …
Telegram Banned in Russia
Roskomnadzor, the Russian state telecommunication's watchdog, began the process of blocking Telegram. The move came after a court on Friday approved the move after Telegram failed to comply with an order to give the Russian authorities access to users' messages. Telegram did not contest … Read More
Russia begins blocking access to Telegram app
Russia's communications watchdog on Monday began blocking access to the popular messaging app Telegram after a court banned the service for refusing to give security services … "Roskomnadzor has received the ruling of (Moscow's) Tagansky court to block Telegram's services on Russian territory. Read More
The battle to beat the block: Telegram’s attorneys see success in court efforts
MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Telegram's litigation team has achieved its immediate goals set for them by Telegram's creator, Pavel Durov, related to the dispute with the FSB (Russia's Federal Security Service) and the Federal Service for Supervision of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass … Read More
Russia begins blocking messaging app Telegram
Russian authorities alleged that Telegram, which was developed by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, has been used by violent extremists. The company argues that Russia's FSB intelligence service is violating consumer rights. Telegram was briefly unavailable to users early Monday afternoon, but … Read More