Esra'a (@[email protected])
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@[email protected] It gets a bit worse, Telegram has a long-standing relationship with a Saudi organization that's essentially a govt arm in Riyadh, working in direct partnership to analyze and monitor an obscene amount of user data: https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/641746/SAUDI-ARABIA/Etidal-Telegram-remove-over-16-million-extremist-contents-in-early-2024 They claim this only targets terrorist groups. I can verify that it absolutely impacts groups run by queer communities in the Gulf, because I was in one such group that was monitored and shut down by Etidal. Telegram can fuck off into the sunset.
  • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
    522·
    8 months ago

    Same with groups related to the Gaza genocide.

    This channel can’t be displayed because it violated local laws.

    • dmnknf@lemmy.ml
      151·
      8 months ago

      Ror this one I think they advertised somewhere that the groups would still be available if you download the apk from their website, I did this and I can still see the hamas group

      • Vendetta9076
        61·
        8 months ago

        Hama’s has a public telegram channel? That seems like a legal liability

      • ErwinLottemann@feddit.de
        4·
        8 months ago

        iirc they need to comply with google store policies, but when downloading the apk directly that is not relevant.

        • mihor@lemmy.ml
          1·
          8 months ago

          Great, I didn’t know that. They ‘ban’ the Russian news channels that way as well.