In Russia lift the restrictions from TelegramАнна Saveliev | 18.06.2020
Two years later, with the beginning of the “conflict” Roskomnadzor finally “positively assessed” the readiness of Pavel Durov to counter terrorism and extremism, without providing keys to decrypt the messages.
“In coordination with the General Prosecutor of Russia Roskomnadzor removes the requirements for restricting access to messenger Telegrams”, – reported on the Agency’s website.
The portal also notes that Roscomnadzor is ready to work with all Internet companies operating in the country, to promptly suppress illegal content.
Currently, the joint efforts of the weekly average deleted material:
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promoting suicidal behaviour 2 500;
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extremist and terrorist nature 1 300;
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promoting drug use, places of acquisition 800;
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with pornographic images of minors – 300.
Recall that Telegram was entered in the register of organizers of information dissemination in July 2017 and April 2018, Roskomnadzor started blocking messenger because of the failure to provide the FSB
the keys to decrypt messages. However, this did not prevent many people, including politicians, use the app for their own purposes, even though the performance of the Agency over the “efficiency lock”.
In March of this year deputies of the state Duma from party “Fair Russia” has prepared a bill, offering
officially stop blocking Telegram. The paper noted that the messenger is used by a number of state structures — in particular, it is used overstay of Moscow and Moscow region on the situation
with a coronavirus. The Website “Stopmanager.Of the Russian Federation”, launched by the Russian Government, has Telegram channel.
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