Russian Court: Telegram Messenger Service Should Be Blocked in Russia

A ruling given by a Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service should be blocked in Russia.

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This was as a result of Russian news agencies reporting heralding communication disruption for a large number of users with government officials inclusive.

This decision was made after Russia’s state communication watchdog filed a lawsuit to limit access to Telegram messaging app following the company’s refusal to give Russian state security services access to its user’s messages.

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The founder of Telegram – Pavel Durov in his word said that his company would never hand over encryption keys to Russian authorities as it does not share confidential user data with anyone.

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Telegram is becoming more popular as an app for mobile devices and desktops – not only among ordinary people but is widely used by authorities in Russia.

With this recent development, Telegram has become the second global network to be blocked in Russia. LinkedIn – the first, was blocked in 2016 when the firm was found guilty of violating a law that requires companies holding Russian citizens’ data to store it on Russian-based servers.
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