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Telegrams t.me domain put on 'Server Hold' effectively disabling it worldwide. (greekcitytimes.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Telegram’s core domain t.me has been placed on serverHold at the .me registry, effectively removing it from global DNS and rendering all t.me links inaccessible.

The change occurred today, according to domain records. As of now, there has been no official explanation from Telegram, the .me registry, or backend operator Identity Digital.

A serverHold is a registry-level status that completely dead-ends the domain, preventing it from resolving anywhere in the world.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Russia's been actively trying to push their own Telegram replacement called 'Max', while throttling access to Telegram to discourage it's use.

They have outright blocked Telegram before (2018) because they refused to hand over users encryption keys to the FSB. That sparked outrage and protests because of it's widespread use, and was ultimately overturned because of it's heavy use even within the Russian government.

The more recent throttling has been causing huge struggles within their own military units because they've become dependent on it, as well as struggles with their ability to push propaganda outside Russia.

Youtube, 13:35 for Telegram+Discord.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

When did it become necessary to say "no, Telegram is not your friend in standing up against governments" because it never has been.

They hand off data often because they can always access the data.

And the encryption is comically, infamously bad. Since the start.

[–] esc@piefed.social -2 points 4 weeks ago

Again, it is a r*ssian surveillance machine. Max-telegram story is about internal politics inside r*ssia. You can use it, obviously r*ssia is a far away threat for a lot of people, bit let's not pretend that it isn't.