Russia: Court orders blocking of access to Telegram app

A Russian court has ordered a ban on access to the Telegram messaging service.

According to the official TASS news agency, authorities have filed a lawsuit to limit access to the smartphone application after Telegram refused to grant Russian security services access to confidential user messages.

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