Microsoft, Apple, Google Asked to Resist Russia’s Telegram Ban

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Russia banned Telegram on Monday after the service refused to hand over encryption keys in order to access user conversations, and now the country continues efforts to block access to the messaging platform by cutting access to VPNs and links offering the app.

Officials in Kremlin have also requested Microsoft, Google, and Apple to remove Telegram from their app stores, but until now, these companies haven’t yet announced a decision.

The American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit civil rights organization, is calling for tech giants to resist Russia’s struggle to censor the Internet and refuse to pull the Telegram app.

“Stand for human rights by ensuring Telegram's access to their platforms and allowing them to change IP addresses without limit,” ACLU said in a message to tech companies.

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Google, Apple and Microsoft should turn round and say that access to their services will be revoked unless Telegram censorship is also revoked. IMO they won't have much of an option other than to negotiate considering Google, Apple and Microsoft are the biggest technology companies in the world and without access to their services, you're sort of left with nothing... Not even proper iOS and Android usage for the future.

It would affect Google, Apple and Microsoft if it didn't go as planned because they'd lose a lot of sales but they'd still have the UK, US, Portugal, Poland, China, Japan, Asia, Sweden, Germany, France, and many more countries to promote their products in.

I know it won't happen but it would be interesting to see happen. It'd be one of the biggest middle fingers in the history of technology and censorship.