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It never was actually successfully blocked. I was in Russia while it was blocked - it worked OK, just seemed slower than usual. A lot of people use Telegram the
by m0zg 6y ago
It never was actually successfully blocked. I was in Russia while it was blocked - it worked OK, just seemed slower than usual. A lot of people use Telegram there, for both messaging and for reading the news outside the entirely government-controlled mainstream using "channels". Nowadays even some government agencies have their own channels on it, in spite of the "ban". There's a saying in Russia: the strictness of Russian laws is compensated by optionality of compliance.
- lightgreen 6y ago> Nowadays even some government agencies have their own channels on it, in spite of the "ban". There's a saying in Russia: the strictness of Russian laws is compensated by optionality of compliance. Technically speaking there was no law prohibiting telegram for citizens or government officials. “Optionality of compliance” does not apply here because no user of telegram broke the law.