[wruza]

As the vote kicked off on September 17, the Smart Voting app disappeared from the Apple and Google online stores

Seems no special treatment though? Telegram always experiences double standards, imo. If faang does it, then it’s following the sovereign law. If telegram does it, it bends to FSB requests. Telegram still works in russia - it came to “some agreement”. Whatsapp never ever questioned there - it’s a secure end-to-end messenger.

[the_mitsuhiko]

Not sure what your point is. Neither Apple nor Google are known for resisting censorship.

[thriftwy]

I never said that Telegram was censorship resistant, it just does not take proactive steps to delete or restrict content it doesn't like.