Telegram is down

Re:Telegram is down by dingo_bat on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:50PM (#16864236)

Quite concerning. IIRC Telegram is based in Russia. And Russia has been trying to ban the app. Maybe they just decided to shut down the company itself. It's within the state's power anyway.

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Re:Telegram is down by throwaway84742 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:14PM (#16864338)

You IIRC incorrectly. It is not based in Russia. Moreover, its founder got relieved of his business (VKontakte), by a state affiliated oligarch, whereupon he bought a passport from St Kitts and left Russia to never return. So he’s pretty pissed at the regime.

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Re:Telegram is down by moeadham on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @12:37AM (#16864655)

Sadly you are 100% wrong on this one. The founder of Telegram is vehemently anti-russia (government), although him and his brother are Russian.

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