[Wezuviy]

Russia’s communications regulator said on Tuesday it would move to block popular messaging app Telegram next month if it did not hand over its encryption keys to security services.

The decree from Roskomnadzor came shortly after Russia’s supreme court also ruled against Telegram. It raises the stakes in Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s long-running battle with the FSB, the successor to the KGB, and casts a shadow over Telegram’s $850m initial coin offering, by far the largest ever cryptocurrency listing.

The FSB sued Telegram last year to demand code to decrypt messaging traffic on the app, which has about 10m users in Russia. A Moscow court fined Telegram Rbs800,000 ($14,000) last October for refusing to comply.

Full reading: https://www.ft.com/content/62ecbe7e-2c3f-11e8-9b4b-bc4b9f08f381

[mothered]

The above link does not direct to the topic In question. Here's a good source.

I've read a few articles and unless I've overlooked something completely, this Is just another Invasion pf privacy where It's not warranted.

[Bish0pQ]

It doesn't really surprise me since Telegram is being used for a lot of "criminal" activities. Though I don't think governments should be able to ban apps/programs or websites.