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> Spain's High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram's services in the country after media companies complained it was allowing users to up

by gwd 3y ago

> Spain's High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram's services in the country after media companies complained it was allowing users to upload their content without permission, according to a court source. ...Judge Santiago Pedraz agreed to block Telegram's services in Spain while the claims are investigated. Pre-emptively blocking the entire app "while claims are investigated" seems pretty extreme. I thought that sort of thing was only done if 1) the judge thought the petitioners would almost certainly win, and 2) there would be irreparable harm done otherwise. Hard to see how #2 could be the case for copyright violations.

narag 3y ago
And 3) you ignore the judge's requests.
- gwd 3y ago
  Important context missing from TFA, if true. Do you have a reference? (A quick search didn't turn up anything.)
  - narag 3y ago
    Sure: https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/justicia-ordena-operadoras-bloqueen-10883 https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/justicia-ordena-operadoras-b... It's in Spanish, but the relevant part translated: The investigating judge, Santiago Pedraz, would have requested information from the company that manages Telegram, without having received a response, which is why he has chosen to order the telecommunications operators to block access to the servers that maintain the service, according to Europa Press1. . El País adds2 that Telegram would have refused to provide the requested information, probably related to the identity of the group participants. The company that is in charge of Telegram messaging has been domiciled in the United Arab Emirates since 2017, although its parent company, Telegram Group Inc, is located in the United Kingdom. At the moment Telegram remains operational in Spain, but the order is expected to come into effect in the next few hours, which will force large operators to block access to the IP addresses of the servers.

by gwd 3y ago

narag 3y ago

And 3) you ignore the judge's requests.

gwd 3y ago
Important context missing from TFA, if true. Do you have a reference? (A quick search didn't turn up anything.)
- narag 3y ago
  Sure: https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/justicia-ordena-operadoras-bloqueen-10883 https://bandaancha.eu/articulos/justicia-ordena-operadoras-b... It's in Spanish, but the relevant part translated: The investigating judge, Santiago Pedraz, would have requested information from the company that manages Telegram, without having received a response, which is why he has chosen to order the telecommunications operators to block access to the servers that maintain the service, according to Europa Press1. . El País adds2 that Telegram would have refused to provide the requested information, probably related to the identity of the group participants. The company that is in charge of Telegram messaging has been domiciled in the United Arab Emirates since 2017, although its parent company, Telegram Group Inc, is located in the United Kingdom. At the moment Telegram remains operational in Spain, but the order is expected to come into effect in the next few hours, which will force large operators to block access to the IP addresses of the servers.