@yakultdrinkr@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months agoTelegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it towww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down15 cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkTelegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it towww.theverge.com@yakultdrinkr@lemdro.id to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square16fedilink cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglish19•8 months agoNot too sure what Google was trying to achieve here - nothing is stopping anyone from creating a new channel/group/whatever for the same purpose… The restrictions don’t apply if you downloaded Telegram from outside the Play Store either
minus-squarezeroxxxlinkfedilinkEnglish22•8 months agoTelegram Android is moderated because Google has to adhere to countries’ demand. Else they get banned operating in that region. And 99% people if not 99.999999% Android users use Play Store.
minus-square@Nath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 months ago And 99% people if not 99.999999% Android users use Play Store. This is true, but if I were interested in a channel and the government made Google block it, I would side-load Telegram and get around the block. So this is a token effort that won’t affect the people who actually want to see this content.
minus-square@CloudkidlinkEnglish1•8 months agoNot really, most authoritative countries tend to censor or throttle connection by odering their ISP. Google most did it because it could get bad PR for allowing app hosting hamas content other social medial are self regulating
Not too sure what Google was trying to achieve here - nothing is stopping anyone from creating a new channel/group/whatever for the same purpose…
The restrictions don’t apply if you downloaded Telegram from outside the Play Store either
Telegram Android is moderated because Google has to adhere to countries’ demand. Else they get banned operating in that region.
And 99% people if not 99.999999% Android users use Play Store.
This is true, but if I were interested in a channel and the government made Google block it, I would side-load Telegram and get around the block.
So this is a token effort that won’t affect the people who actually want to see this content.
Not really, most authoritative countries tend to censor or throttle connection by odering their ISP. Google most did it because it could get bad PR for allowing app hosting hamas content other social medial are self regulating