Telegram is reportedly being slowed down and restricted in Russia

Telegram users successful Russia whitethorn statesman noticing work disruptions connected Tuesday aft Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, reportedly moved to slow down and restrict entree to the app, arsenic reported by Russian news outlet RBC.

Roskomnadzor said successful a connection to RBC, translated utilizing instrumentality translation, that it “will proceed to present successive restrictions” connected Telegram, claiming the app is not taking capable steps to forestall fraud and criminal activity. Reuters quotes Telegram users successful Moscow who confirmed that they’ve been experiencing issues pinch the app, including a female named Anna, who said, “It’s very bad because each my friends and family usage Telegram. I don’t cognize really I’m going to pass pinch them because I don’t want to move to different platforms.”

Telegram’s Russian-born laminitis and CEO, Pavel Durov, has not publically commented connected the issues, but his most caller tweet connected February 8th took purpose astatine leaders of respective European nations. “Officials pinch the lowest support ratings successful the world (Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez) are the loudest champions of societal media bans for teens and ‘misinformation’ crackdowns,” wrote Durov, who was arrested successful France successful 2024 complete the platform’s deficiency of moderation.