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Telegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it to (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean the ban only works with play store versions of the app, so IMO it's not such a big deal. Feel free to correct me if it is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it still is a big deal that google is censoring so deeply what you should and shouldn't see

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well it's literally terrorism that is being censored. I'm not defending what the IDF is doing, but the Hamas is nontheless a terrorist organisation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A significant number of people won't know how to (or even that they can) do that, so it's restricting availability to only those who have the requisite knowledge. Even if there's a workaround, it's still essentially censorship for the un-tech savvy.