The founder of Telegram gave Russians a number of tips on how to avoid blocking <\/p>\n
The messaging app Telegram, which is being targeted for blocking in Russia, has received a special update – an updated censorship protection protocol. Theoretically, this allows users to access the app in areas where it is blocked.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a message from the app’s founder, Pavel Durov.<\/p>\n
Read also<\/strong>: VPN blocking in Russia caused a failure in the payment system, – Durov<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Users in Russia are advised to update their applications to stay connected despite the ban,” his message stated.<\/p>\n Durov also recommended that Russians install several VPN services and proxy servers at once. According to him, it’s worth helping friends and relatives do the same. Durov advises avoiding the use of Russian applications if a VPN is enabled on the device, as these apps report this to the authorities, which could lead to the program being blocked on the device.<\/p>\n “I am glad to see that most people are already doing this. Thanks to this ‘digital resistance,’ the use of Telegram in Russia remained stable over the past week, despite the complete ban,” he added.<\/p>\n It should be noted that despite Durov’s statement about the update, many Russians still complain that they cannot use Telegram. The reason is quite simple – the Russian regime has resorted to mass blocking of proxy servers. Additionally, Russian applications do indeed report the use of VPN services on devices – the “most aggressive” in this regard, according to Russian channels, have become the applications of state banks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Blocking Telegram and internet restrictions in Russia<\/p>\n Recall that Russia began blocking the Telegram messaging app earlier than expected. As of April 11, the app is essentially not functioning normally in Russia.<\/p>\n It should be noted that it was previously reported that the Russian regime had already set a date for the blocking of the Telegram messaging app in the country. It was planned for this to happen in early April of this year – starting from April 1.<\/p>\n As a result, protests for a “free internet” took place in Russia. They occurred on March 29 in most major Russian cities and ended with detentions. Between 3 and 12 people were detained, while most of the “protesters” were simply pushed back.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The founder of Telegram gave Russians a series of tips on how to avoid blocking. The messaging app Telegram, which is being targeted for blocking in Russia, has received a special update – an updated censorship protection protocol. Theoretically, this allows users to access the messenger in areas where it is blocked. https:\/\/example.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-en"],"yoast_head":"\n