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BBC: Russia’s Telegram block hits web users

By BBC.
This illustration picture taken on April 6, 2018 in Moscow shows the Telegram messenger application displayed on the screen of a smartphone.Russia's telecoms watchdog on March 6, 2018 asked a Moscow court to block the popular messaging app Telegram, after a deadline for it to hand over encryption keys to security services expired.
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Russian web users are reporting problems accessing online services as a result of the authorities’ bid to block the Telegram messaging app.

Russia’s media regulator has blocked more than 4 million IP addresses after a court approved its request to shut the app down.

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