It's pretty unfortunate that Apple is willing to support an authoritarian regime to the point of requiring an app to censor its users. I wonder how this came to

It's pretty unfortunate that Apple is willing to support an authoritarian regime to the point of requiring an app to censor its users. I wonder how this came to Apple's attention; was it requested by Belarus's government? And I wonder what the consequences of Telegram not complying would be. It's unclear why they would demand this, given that Google seems to not need to make similar demands. This also seems like it encourages repressive governments to cajole Apple to pressure apps to remove user content in the future.