Telegram temporary blocked in France
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The 13th of May, Telegram, a popular messaging application, got blocked by the French Government under the child abuse and terrorism fighting enforcement laws. Following their procedure, the Police requested the French ISP to block some URLs tagged as “child porn” as the law requires it. The procedure is : the Police asks the hosting provider to remove the contents. If the hosting does not comply under a legal delay, the URL is blocked. According to the French Police, Telegram has not removed all of the targeted content, so they escalated the procedure. Which conducted to block “t.me”, the shorten links domain used to redirect users to profiles and channels. After discovering the mistake, the blocking order has been removed.