Cybernews

It’s Telegram’s turn: Russia starts limiting access to the platform

Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, Roskomnadzor, is to slow ...

Russian soldiers rage against Putin’s Telegram ban

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born and Dubai-based Telegram chief executive, issued a rare rebuke, accusing Moscow of scheming to ...
Jurist

Russia Telegram block condemned as a blow to freedom of expression by rights group

Marie Struthers, the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director at Amnesty International, criticized Russian authorities for blocking and slowing down the Telegram messaging app, undermining people’s ...
Meduza

Russia’s censorship agency ‘slows’ Telegram service nationwide

Russian authorities have decided to begin “slowing down” the messaging app Telegram in the country, the Russian news agency ...
AFP on MSN

Russia is cracking down on WhatsApp and Telegram. Here's what we know

Russia announced Thursday it had blocked WhatsApp over its alleged failure to comply with Russian legislation, days after restricting access to rival messaging service Telegram for similar reasons. It ...

The Telegram App Has a New Look, and a Weird New Feature

You can now "craft" gifts within the chat app for some reason.

Telegram faces more curbs in Russia as authorities threaten fines

Telegram is used by newsmakers of all kinds - including the Kremlin, courts, media, celebrities and the exiled opposition - ...