텔레그램, 러시아 요구사항 준수 시작

관련 의회 위원회 고위 관계자는 텔레그램이 불법 콘텐츠를 차단하기 시작했으며 러시아의 모든 요구사항을 충족할 충분한 시간이 있다고 밝혔습니다.

Telegram has started complying with Russia’s requirements, official says

Telegram has begun blocking illegal content and has enough time to meet all Russian demands, according to a top member of a parliamentary committee concerned with the matter.

Authorities in Moscow slowed down traffic to the popular messenger earlier this month, alleging non-compliance with national regulations.

The measure was followed by media reports this week that the platform will be fully blocked on April 1, which Russian officials have yet to deny or confirm.

Telegram’s compliance with regulations to help avoid its blocking in Russia

Telegram has started actively complying with the Russian Federation’s requirements to block illegal content. That’s according to Andrey Svintsov, deputy chairman of the Committee on Information Policy at the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament.

Speaking to the official TASS news agency, Svintsov stated:

“Over the past week, Telegram has blocked more than 230,000 channels and pieces of content that violated current legislation. This indicates that Durov’s company has begun to interact more actively.”

“In my opinion, Telegram will not be blocked before April 1,” Svintsov added, speaking of the messenger founded and owned by Pavel Durov, who is also its CEO.

The tech entrepreneur left Russia more than a decade ago after rejecting pressure to hand over user data and censor content on VK, the Russian social network that he also founded and managed at the time.

Svintsov added that Telegram can fulfill the “realistic requirements” of Roskomnadzor within the next month or two and continue to operate in Russia.

Roskomnadzor (RKN), or the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, is Russia’s telecom watchdog, which functions as a media censor as well.

지난 여름, 텔레그램이 러시아에 사무실을 설립하고 법적으로 요구되는 '상륙법'에 따라 법인을 등록한다는 보도와, 이전에 메신저가 러시아 시장을 떠날 것이라는 주장 모두 두로프에 의해 직접 또는 간접적으로 부인되었습니다.

“Opening a legal entity takes a week at most. Moving personal data processing takes another two or three weeks,” the deputy said, elaborating:

“Therefore, within a month or a month and a half, the entire set of requirements from Roskomnadzor can be fulfilled: opening a legal entity, storing data on Russian territory, paying taxes and blocking content.”

Telegram expected to remain available in Russia

지난 주 텔레그램의 속도를 느리게 하는 동안, 로스코모나드조르는 메타의 메신저 도메인을 DNS 서버에서 완전히 제거하여 러시아에서 왓츠앱에 대한 접근을 효과적으로 차단했습니다.

It’s difficult to tell whether Telegram will be fully blocked in Russia at this point, according to Yulia Dolgova, president of the Russian Association of Bloggers and Agencies (ABA), who told TASS:

4월 1 중단 관련 보도는 확인되거나 부인되지 않음

Last summer, reports that Telegram is preparing to establish an office and register an entity in Russia, as required by its so-called “landing law,” as well as earlier claims that the messenger was leaving the Russian market, were all directly or indirectly denied by Durov.

Dolgova also highlighted the widespread use of means to bypass such blockades in the country, remarking: “We should not forget about the depth of penetration of VPN services among the Russian audience either.”

Reports of April ⟦N1⟧ shutdown neither confirmed nor denied

Reacting to Russian media reports relaying this information, Roskomnadzor said it had “nothing to add” to its earlier statements, which threatened imposing “sequential restrictions.”

This week, TASS also revealed that on February 15, the messenger’s administration blocked 238,800 channels and groups that violated its policies.

It did the same regarding 187,300 channels and groups worldwide on February 16, the agency added, claiming to be quoting “updated statistics on the messenger’s website.”

러시아가 텔레그램과 밀어 국영 맥스 메신저에 대해 제한 조치를 취하는 동안, 시민들은 Cryptopolitan이 보고한 대로 미국산 대안인 imo로 몰려들고 있습니다.