Tech & Science Russia Telegram Encrypted chat app Telegram will be “immediately blocked” in Russia over its failure to grant the country’s security services full access to its users’ private messages, a Moscow district court ruled on Friday. Russia’s federal media regulator, known as Roskomnadzor, announced that legal action had been launched against the Dubai-based company last month. It said the Federal Security Service (FSB) needed decryption keys that would let it peek into the communications of the chat app’s 200 million users. In a statement carried by state media outlet Tass on Friday, Tagansky court judge Yulia Smolina said: “The court ruled to satisfy the demand of Roskomnadzor. The ban on access to information will be in force until the FSB’s demands are met.” The report added the messaging service would be “blocked immediately.” According to Meduza, a Russian-language online newspaper, Telegram staff did not attend the hearing and lawyers are planning to appeal the decision. Recommended Slideshows 51 In Pictures: The 50 Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 44 In Pictures: Every U.S. President Ranked From Best to Worst 37 Who Will Be Invited to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Wedding? Sputnik, another state outlet, cited an FSB representative… Read full this story
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