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>A good way to infer Telegram is reliable is how many despotic tyrants and corrupt countries ban it. No, this only tells you that it's used en mass in those co
by some_random 6y ago
>A good way to infer Telegram is reliable is how many despotic tyrants and corrupt countries ban it.
No, this only tells you that it's used en mass in those countries.
- aaomidi 6y agoNot really since when it's banned people flock to other platforms. E.g. Whatsapp has now taken the place of telegram in Iran but it's still not banned. Despite literally everyone using it.
- ffpip 6y agoNot really. Whatsapp is used by every person in Brazil, yet didn't get around a temporary ban [1]. Telegram gained about 1.5 Million people switching to telegram in a day. [2] Whatsapp didn't win many users, even when Telegram was banned in Russia for months. Telegram even worked in Belarus despite the whole internet shutting down there. [3] [1] - https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/19/whatsapp-blocked-in-brazil-again/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/19/whatsapp-blocked-in-brazil... [2] - https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/17/10386776/brazil-whatsapp-ban-telegram-millions-users https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/17/10386776/brazil-whatsapp... [3] - https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-21/telegram-messaging-app-crucial-belarus-protests https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-21/telegr...