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Russia is restricting access to Telegram, one of its most popular social media apps. (edition.cnn.com)

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Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly controlled alternatives to foreign tech platforms.

On Tuesday, the government said it was restricting access to Telegram for the “protection of Russian citizens,” accusing the app of refusing to block content authorities consider “criminal and terrorist.”

Russia’s telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor said in a statement that it would continue to restrict the operation of the Telegram messenger “until violations of Russian law are eliminated.”

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[–] somegeek@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The whole world is going that direction. Russia, north korea and china are leading the way, wester countries are more sly and subtle in how to do things, but america and UK are going the same direction.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

OK but I tend to think that this kind of hopeless cynicism kinda risks being self-fulfilling. There are fundamental differences between Russia and the West, ordinary people (especially in Western countries) do have some agency, and nothing about the future is set in stone.

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Oh that's just the delusion of freedom. USA is great at selling that. We will still fight but accepting the truth is always the sane approach compared to hopeful optimism .

Russia and china and easterns are more straight forward. "We don't want you to have privacy and control" Western countries wrap it around a populistic shiny wrapper. "This is the land of freedom, you are encouraged to have privacy and controll, unless you actually try to do so" they also let people play in the dirt unless they are doing something serious and pose some threat. But eastern governments are much less tolerant. You will be punished even for minor inconvenience.