Iranian authorities are now blocking access to Telegram

1 points by some_account 8y ago ↗ HN

Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after Telegrams public refusal to shut down https://t.me/sedaiemardom and other peacefully protesting channels.

https://twitter.com/durov/status/947441456238735360

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some_account 8y ago ↗

Telegram shut down the channel where people were making threats against the government, but they did not shut down channels where no threats have been made.

As a consequence, Iran has now blocked all Telegram traffic.