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by goatsi
630 days ago
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The assumption has been that Telegram provided significantly more access to Russia years ago, as it remains unblocked (with channels even run by the government), and Pavel Durov wasn't arrested when he visited Russia after laws were passed that would apply to Telegram but he claims they were refusing to follow. |
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I have however thought that the actual reason was because Russia depends on it.
They seriously even use it to coordinate artillery strikes although lately I have seen evidence they now sometimes use Discord.
I am not sure, and being convinced that Pavel Durov has actually visited Russia several times the last few years make me question my assumptions.
However I still see Russian opposition being more scared now after Pavels visit to France because now the terms of service has been updated to tell us that they will ahare our ip address and phone number with law enforcement if they feel compelled to or something to that effect.