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I agree that this is bad, considering that the country will answer with violence anyway, but this seems to be aligned with telegram's position. From the FAQ abo

by bilkow 9y ago

I agree that this is bad, considering that the country will answer with violence anyway, but this seems to be aligned with telegram's position. From the FAQ about takedown requests on public content: "Please note that this does not apply to local restrictions on freedom of speech. For example, if criticizing the government is illegal in some country, Telegram won‘t be a part of such politically motivated censorship. This goes against our founders’ principles. While we do block terrorist (e.g. ISIS-related) bots and channels, we will not block anybody who peacefully expresses alternative opinions."[0] I believe that, if there were actually violence calls, they're being unbiased by strictly following their own public rules. [0] https://telegram.org/faq#q-wait-0-o-do-you-process-take-down-requests-from-third-parties https://telegram.org/faq#q-wait-0-o-do-you-process-take-down...

chvid 9y ago
For those relativizing this with various closures of twitter or facebook accounts: this was a channel with more than 1 mio followers.
KenanSulayman 9y ago
I was member of that channel and they shared guides on how to build Molotov cocktails. With 2 million people in there, I’d have taken it down as well.
- vnchr 9y ago
  It’s unfortunate that a false flag operative could easily shut down a major communication channel with posts like that—although I have no idea if that was the case here. On Reddit, the role of moderators who remove content that’s against site guidelines is crucial or else any community could be shut down by rogue or infiltrating members.
  - bilkow 9y ago
    Only admins can post to telegram channels, they're like facebook pages. On supergroups any user can post but admins can remove content, although I don't believe it counts as public content, so they shouldn't (according to the FAQ entry I listed above) take them down anyway.

by bilkow 9y ago

chvid 9y ago

For those relativizing this with various closures of twitter or facebook accounts: this was a channel with more than 1 mio followers.

KenanSulayman 9y ago

I was member of that channel and they shared guides on how to build Molotov cocktails. With 2 million people in there, I’d have taken it down as well.

vnchr 9y ago
It’s unfortunate that a false flag operative could easily shut down a major communication channel with posts like that—although I have no idea if that was the case here. On Reddit, the role of moderators who remove content that’s against site guidelines is crucial or else any community could be shut down by rogue or infiltrating members.
- bilkow 9y ago
  Only admins can post to telegram channels, they're like facebook pages. On supergroups any user can post but admins can remove content, although I don't believe it counts as public content, so they shouldn't (according to the FAQ entry I listed above) take them down anyway.