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by exceptione 660 days ago

  The recent anti Telegram rhetoric i see here on hacker news and
  other places seem to pretend that everything listed does not happen
  on all the other big tech platforms. 

I didn“t see such rhetoric, but it is not relevant. Obstructing law enforcement is usually not a good idea. Telegram is a safe harbor for crime and that is why it is big in crime, incomparable to other entities that do wield out illegal activities from their platforms and comply with (or challenge) subpoenas.