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Spain's High Court orders block on Telegram app as a precautionary measure

by elmar on 3/23/24, 6:51 PM with 14 comments

  • by musicale on 3/24/24, 1:30 AM

    Because they are frequently used for copyright-infinging purposes in an uncontrolled manner without appropriate compensation to copyright holders (and considering that implementing desired control and compensation has largely failed in spite of decades of effort), Spain will, as a precautionary measure, also be blocking the following technologies:

    - youtube

    - web browsers

    - smartphones

    - digital cameras

    - SD cards and any other digital or analog storage

    - music playback systems

    - printers, scanners and copiers

    - paper, ink, writing implements, etc.

    If you are aware of any other potentially infringing devices or technologies in Spain, please destroy them immediately.

  • by T3OU-736 on 3/23/24, 10:40 PM

    > Telegram was still active early on Saturday, but throughout the day, it has started to be deactivated on some devices.

    That seems to imply the carriers are disabling the app somehow. How? Is there more control the telco operators have over their subscribers' phones, or does `deactivacted` means something else?

  • by aarroyoc on 3/23/24, 7:47 PM

    The judge says it was because the Virgin Islands did not provide information: https://twitter.com/davidmaeztu/status/1771583859672441174 (Spanish)

  • by lxgr on 3/24/24, 6:53 PM

    This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone following Telegram's business practices. "Jurisdiction hopping" seems to be standard procedure for them, and it was only a matter of time for a jurisdiction to lose its patience with that.

    Curious to see what's next, i.e. if they'll start an engineering game of cat and mouse with Spanish ISPs by e.g. using domain fronting (not sure if the big cloud providers still allow that in particular) or something else.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 3/27/24, 10:28 AM

    Update: 25/03/2024

    Judge halts blocking of Telegram pending probe

    https://www.dw.com/en/spain-judge-halts-blocking-of-telegram...

  • by joshxyz on 3/24/24, 12:56 AM

    question, does starlink comply to geo blocks like this or nah??