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Foreign access to Telegram correspondence, AI: statements by digital development minister

A bill to regulate artificial intelligence technology may be submitted to the lower house of parliament in the near future

Russian official claims Telegram crackdown was motivated by “foreign intelligence services’ access to correspondence”

Earlier today, Russia’s Minister of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, outlined the reasons behind the slowing of the Telegram messaging app in the country, claiming the move was tied to the service’s “systematic and constant violation of the requirements of federal law

Telegram could meet all of Roskomnadzor’s requirements in month

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Andrey Svintsov stressed that Telegram has begun actively complying with illegal content blocking requirements

FACTBOX: Telegram blocking speculation and mass channel crackdown

Roskomnadzor’s press service stated that the agency has nothing to add to previously published information regarding the possible blocking of Telegram