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Russian Regulator Asks Courts To Disconnect Telegram

Arthur T Knackerbracket reported the following story on the 9 April:

Russian telecoms and mass communications regulator Roskomnadzor has filed a lawsuit it hopes will see secure messaging app Telegram turfed out of the country.

Moscow’s been unhappy with Telegram for some time, dating back to a mid-2017 dispute over the company’s non-compliance with requests to register as a telecoms service provider. The service and the Kremlin have also tangled over access to encryption keys.

The latter dispute is at the root of this latest episode, which has seen Roskomnadzor seek to have Telegram booted out of Russia for non-compliance.

Telegram has previously asserted it doesn’t have any keys to hand over, so can’t comply with Russian orders to do so.

Russia Will Block Telegram Messaging App Due to Encryption

takyon writes:

Russia to block Telegram app over encryption

A court in Moscow has approved a request from the Russian media regulator to block the Telegram messaging app immediately. The media regulator sought to block the app because the firm had refused to hand over encryption keys used to scramble messages.

Security officials say they need to monitor potential terrorists. But the company said the way the service was built meant it had no access to customers' encryption keys. Telegram had missed a deadline of 4 April to hand over the keys.

Russia's main security agency, the FSB, has said Telegram is the messenger of choice for "international terrorist organisations in Russia". A suicide bomber who killed 15 people on a subway train in St Petersburg last April used the app to communicate with accomplices, the FSB said last year. The app is also widely used by the Russian authorities, Reuters news agency reports.

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1. "Arthur T Knackerbracket" - https://soylentnews.org/~Arthur+T+Knackerbracket
2. "the following story" - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/09/russian_regulator_asks_courts_to_disconnect_telegram/
3. "dispute" - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/27/telegram_warned_by_russian_regulator_roskomnadzor/
4. "access to encryption keys" - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/21/telegram_ordered_hand_over_keys/
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6. "Russia to block Telegram app over encryption" - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43752337
7. "A suicide bomber who killed 15 people on a subway train in St Petersburg last April used the app" - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40404842
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