<s>
Telegram	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
application	O
has	O
been	O
blocked	O
by	O
multiple	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Instagram	B-Application
,	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Zoom	B-Application
and	O
Skype	B-Application
were	O
completely	O
blocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
found	O
that	O
some	O
ISPs	O
in	O
Bahrain	O
had	O
started	O
to	O
block	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
a	O
key	O
platform	O
for	O
sharing	O
information	O
and	O
coordinating	O
rallies	O
during	O
the	O
2020	O
–	O
2021	O
Belarusian	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
few	O
communication	O
platforms	O
available	O
in	O
Belarus	O
during	O
the	O
three	O
days	O
of	O
internet	O
shutdown	O
that	O
followed	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
the	O
presidential	O
election	O
,	O
which	O
Belarus	O
's	O
president	O
Alexander	O
Lukashenko	O
won	O
amid	O
widespread	O
allegations	O
of	O
election	O
fraud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
evening	O
of	O
11	O
August	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Internet	O
shutdown	O
continued	O
,	O
45	O
percent	O
of	O
people	O
using	O
Telegram	B-Application
protest	O
chats	O
in	O
Belarus	O
were	O
online	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
government	O
's	O
efforts	O
to	O
block	O
online	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
asked	O
Telegram	B-Application
to	O
remove	O
3	O
channels	O
that	O
leaked	O
the	O
identities	O
of	O
the	O
people	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
Belarusian	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Superior	O
Electoral	O
Court	O
announces	O
that	O
3	O
telegram	B-Application
channels	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
allegedly	O
involved	O
in	O
fake	O
news	O
dissemination	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
regionally	O
blocked	O
by	O
their	O
request	O
,	O
under	O
penalty	O
of	O
the	O
Telegram	B-Application
being	O
suspended	O
for	O
48	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
decision	O
includes	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
channels	O
of	O
the	O
far-right	O
journalist	O
Allan	O
dos	O
Santos	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
already	O
had	O
his	O
website	O
(	O
Terça	O
Livre	O
)	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
deleted	O
by	O
a	O
Supreme	O
Federal	O
Court	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
Superior	O
Electoral	O
Court	O
's	O
decision	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Pavel	O
Durov	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
court	O
was	O
sending	O
emails	O
to	O
an	O
"	O
old	O
general-purpose	O
email	O
address	O
"	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
had	O
n't	O
been	O
checking	O
,	O
and	O
sought	O
a	O
reinvestigation	O
of	O
the	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
China	O
blocked	O
access	O
to	O
Telegram	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
state-owned	O
People	O
's	O
Daily	O
,	O
Chinese	O
human	O
rights	O
lawyers	O
used	O
Telegram	B-Application
to	O
criticize	O
the	O
Chinese	O
Government	O
and	O
the	O
Chinese	O
Communist	O
Party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Cuban	O
government	O
blocked	O
access	O
to	O
several	O
social	O
media	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
to	O
curb	O
the	O
spread	O
of	O
information	O
during	O
the	O
anti-government	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
government	O
announced	O
that	O
64	O
Telegram	B-Application
channels	O
,	O
which	O
reportedly	O
potentially	O
violate	O
German	O
laws	O
against	O
hate	O
speech	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
deleted	O
by	O
their	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
press	O
release	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
agreed	O
to	O
cooperate	O
with	O
the	O
German	O
government	O
and	O
delete	O
channels	O
with	O
potentially	O
illegal	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2019	O
–	O
20	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
protests	O
,	O
many	O
participants	O
used	O
Telegram	B-Application
to	O
evade	O
electronic	O
surveillance	O
and	O
coordinate	O
their	O
action	O
against	O
2019	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
extradition	O
bill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
evening	O
of	O
11	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
police	O
arrested	O
Ivan	O
Ip	O
,	O
the	O
administrator	O
of	O
a	O
Telegram	B-Application
group	O
with	O
20,000	O
members	O
on	O
suspicion	O
of	O
"	O
conspiracy	O
to	O
commit	O
public	O
nuisance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
forced	O
by	O
the	O
police	O
to	O
hand	O
over	O
his	O
Telegram	B-Application
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
suffered	O
a	O
"	O
powerful	O
"	O
decentralized	O
denial	O
of	O
service	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
August	O
2019	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
Internet	O
Service	O
Providers	O
Association	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
government	O
had	O
plans	O
to	O
block	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
May	O
2022	O
Privacy	O
Commissioner	O
Ada	O
Chung	O
told	O
a	O
Legislative	O
Council	O
committee	O
that	O
the	O
government	O
remains	O
concerned	O
about	O
doxxing	O
and	O
other	O
violations	O
of	O
personal	O
data	O
privacy	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
Privacy	O
Commissioner	O
for	O
Personal	O
Data	O
is	O
looking	O
at	O
blocking	O
Telegram	B-Application
to	O
address	O
the	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
some	O
internet	O
service	O
providers	O
in	O
India	O
were	O
blocking	O
Telegram	B-Application
traffic	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
Freedom	O
Foundation	O
,	O
an	O
Indian	O
digital	O
liberties	O
organisation	O
filed	O
an	O
RTI	O
on	O
whether	O
Department	O
of	O
Telecommunications	O
(	O
DoT	O
)	O
had	O
banned	O
Telegram	B-Application
or	O
requested	O
ISPs	O
to	O
block	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
response	O
from	O
DoT	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
information	O
on	O
why	O
the	O
ISPs	O
were	O
blocking	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
High	O
Court	O
of	O
Kerala	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
central	O
government	O
's	O
view	O
on	O
a	O
plea	O
for	O
banning	O
Telegram	B-Application
for	O
allegedly	O
disseminating	O
child	O
abuse	O
videos	O
and	O
communicating	O
through	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
14	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
eleven	O
domain	O
name	O
servers	O
related	O
to	O
Telegram	B-Application
were	O
banned	O
by	O
the	O
Indonesian	O
Communication	O
and	O
Information	O
Ministry	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
closing	O
all	O
Telegram	B-Application
applications	O
in	O
Indonesia	O
if	O
Telegram	B-Application
did	O
not	O
make	O
a	O
standard	O
operating	O
procedure	O
to	O
maintain	O
content	O
that	O
was	O
considered	O
unlawful	O
in	O
the	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
Indonesian	O
Government	O
has	O
opened	O
full	O
access	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
after	O
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
made	O
self	O
censorship	O
about	O
negative	O
contents	O
mainly	O
radicalism	O
and	O
terrorism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
said	O
that	O
about	O
10	O
channels/groups	O
have	O
been	O
deleted	O
from	O
Telegram	B-Application
everyday	O
due	O
to	O
are	O
categorized	O
as	O
negative	O
contents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
open	O
and	O
working	O
in	O
Iran	O
without	O
any	O
VPN	O
or	O
other	O
circumvention	O
methods	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
ICT	O
asserted	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
had	O
agreed	O
to	O
restrict	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
bots	O
and	O
sticker	O
packs	O
in	O
Iran	O
at	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
some	O
users	O
are	O
concerned	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
willingness	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
Iranian	O
government	O
requests	O
might	O
mean	O
future	O
complicity	O
with	O
other	O
Iranian	O
government	O
censorship	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
allow	O
government	O
access	O
to	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
data	O
on	O
Iranian	O
users	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
stated	O
that	O
all	O
Telegram	B-Application
chats	O
are	O
private	O
territory	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
process	O
any	O
requests	O
related	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
asked	O
all	O
messaging	O
apps	O
,	O
including	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
to	O
move	O
all	O
Iranian	O
users	O
 '	O
data	O
to	O
Iranian	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
completely	O
blocked	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
new	O
voice	O
calls	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
allows	O
individuals	O
to	O
make	O
calls	O
via	O
secure	O
,	O
end-to-end	O
encryption	O
,	O
and	O
keep	O
their	O
conversations	O
private.Mahmoud	O
Vaezi	O
Chief	O
of	O
Staff	O
of	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
Iran	O
said	O
reason	O
for	O
blocking	O
Telegram	B-Application
free	O
voice	O
calls	O
is	O
so	O
Iranian	O
corporations	O
keep	O
revenue	O
from	O
voice	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
during	O
anti-government	O
demonstrations	O
across	O
Iran	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
shut	O
down	O
a	O
channel	O
of	O
the	O
Iranian	O
opposition	O
that	O
published	O
calls	O
to	O
use	O
Molotov	O
cocktails	O
against	O
the	O
police	O
,	O
after	O
receiving	O
a	O
complaint	O
from	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opposition	O
group	O
promised	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
Telegram	B-Application
rules	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
channel	O
which	O
amassed	O
700,000	O
subscribers	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
24	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
,	O
31	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
announced	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
been	O
"	O
temporarily	O
restricted	O
"	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
"	O
ensure	O
calm	O
and	O
security	O
"	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
said	O
it	O
refused	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
peaceful	O
protesting	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
,	O
13	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
unblocked	O
by	O
an	O
order	O
of	O
the	O
president	O
Hassan	O
Rouhani	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
100,000	O
jobs	O
had	O
been	O
lost	O
"	O
in	O
Iran	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
ban	O
on	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Iran	O
's	O
chairman	O
for	O
the	O
Committee	O
for	O
Foreign	O
policy	O
and	O
National	O
Security	O
Alaeddin	O
Boroujerdi	O
announced	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
has	O
been	O
targeted	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
blocked	O
in	O
Iran	O
by	O
20	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
citing	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
role	O
in	O
facilitating	O
the	O
winter	O
protests	O
and	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
promote	O
local	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
President	O
Rouhani	O
agreed	O
with	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
break	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
monopoly	O
in	O
Iran	O
,	O
but	O
maintained	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
blockade	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
see	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
effective	O
measure	O
to	O
promote	O
local	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iranian	O
MP	O
Mahmoud	O
Sadeghi	O
noted	O
that	O
during	O
the	O
two	O
weeks	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
30million	O
Iranians	O
(	O
75%	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
users	O
in	O
Iran	O
)	O
did	O
not	O
start	O
using	O
local	O
messaging	O
apps	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
turned	O
to	O
VPN	O
services	O
to	O
circumvent	O
the	O
block	O
,	O
rendering	O
the	O
blockade	O
ineffective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
on	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
until	O
one	O
year	O
from	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
2017	O
riots	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
government	O
made	O
available	O
a	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
Telegram	B-Application
that	O
was	O
under	O
their	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
Mohammad	O
Ali	O
Movahedi	O
Kermani	O
in	O
Tehran	O
Friday	O
prayer	O
declared	O
that	O
Telegram	B-Application
is	O
haram	O
and	O
requested	O
National	O
Information	O
Network	O
deployment	O
like	O
Great	B-Application
Firewall	I-Application
of	I-Application
China	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
Bijan	O
Ghasemzadeh	O
,	O
the	O
Iranian	O
prosecutor	O
who	O
ordered	O
the	O
block	O
on	O
Telegram	B-Application
,	O
was	O
arrested	O
for	O
charges	O
of	O
corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unclear	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
charges	O
were	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
ban	O
on	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
inaccessible	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
Pakistan	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
18	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
completely	O
blocked	O
on	O
PTCL	O
Network	O
as	O
per	O
instructions	O
from	O
PTA	O
,	O
Pakistan	O
's	O
largest	O
ISP	O
,	O
PTCL	O
mentioned	O
this	O
in	O
a	O
tweet	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Russian	O
media	O
reported	O
that	O
Roskomnadzor	O
was	O
threatening	O
to	O
ban	O
Telegram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
Telegram	B-Application
was	O
banned	O
in	O
Russia	O
by	O
a	O
Moscow	O
court	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
refusal	O
to	O
grant	O
the	O
Federal	O
Security	O
Service	O
(	O
FSB	O
)	O
access	O
to	O
encryption	O
keys	O
needed	O
to	O
view	O
user	O
communications	O
as	O
required	O
by	O
federal	O
anti-terrorism	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enforcement	O
of	O
the	O
ban	O
was	O
attempted	O
by	O
blocking	O
over	O
19million	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
associated	O
with	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
they	O
included	O
those	O
used	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
,	O
due	O
to	O
Telegram	B-Application
's	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
providers	O
to	O
route	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
search	O
engine	O
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
Yandex	B-Application
,	O
removed	O
telegram.org	B-Application
from	O
their	O
search	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Russian	O
government	O
lifted	O
its	O
ban	O
on	O
Telegram	B-Application
after	O
it	O
agreed	O
to	O
"	O
help	O
with	O
extremism	O
investigations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
National	O
Broadcasting	O
and	O
Telecommunications	O
Commission	O
was	O
ordered	O
to	O
block	O
Telegram	B-Application
due	O
to	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
2020	O
Thai	O
protests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Education	O
and	O
Research	O
in	O
Norway	O
sent	O
a	O
letter	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
government	O
agencies	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
wording	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
recommendations	O
not	O
to	O
have	O
TikTok	B-Application
or	O
Telegram	B-Application
on	O
the	O
service	O
units	O
apply	O
to	O
all	O
employees	O
of	O
public	O
agencies	O
,	O
including	O
state	O
universities	O
and	O
colleges	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
OsloMet	O
(	O
Oslo	O
Metropolitan	O
University	O
)	O
recommends	O
students	O
to	O
delete	O
Telegram	B-Application
on	O
their	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
