Russia wants Google and Apple to ban Telegram from their app stores

Nicholas Fearn
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Russia continues with its assault on encrypted messaging service Telegram

Russia has formally asked Google and Apple to remove encrypted messaging service Telegram from their respective app stores. The country's telecoms regulator has officially submitted requests to ...

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