Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan's Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi announced that the government had launched a countrywide crackdown on such organizations and it would continue till achievement of objectives. The minister said Pakistan's policy is very clear against terrorism and extremism....
Telegram has also been blocked in China. In 2015, they attributed the block to a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, though many point to how it had been a preferred app by human rights organizations and whistleblowers who were trying to use the app to spread information and organ...
In a statement, the company said: "We've always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today." April 8 ...