Spain has ordered Internet providers to block the messaging app Telegram over some sort of copyright complaint.
RT:
Spain’s National Court has ordered internet providers to suspend the use of the Telegram instant messaging service, pending an investigation into claims of copyright infringement.
Friday’s ruling came after Spain’s four leading media organizations – Mediaset, Atresmedia, Movistar, and Egeda – filed a complaint arguing that the platform allows users to distribute their content without permission.
According to local media, Judge Santiago Pedraz requested certain information from Telegram’s owners as part of the probe. After the request was not fulfilled, he ordered for access to the app to be blocked, effective on Monday. The judge described the measure as “precautionary” and cited Telegram’s lack of cooperation. The suspension is expected to last throughout the investigation.
The newspaper El Pais said that Telegram largely remains accessible in Spain, although some users started to report problems with the service on Friday night.
The ruling was met with widespread criticism. Consumer rights watchdog FACUA called it “absolutely disproportionate” and said that the blocking of the popular service will cause “enormous damage.”
It looks like this happened before the terrorist attack in Moscow but it is still weird timing. Largely because there have been reports about how the attackers were recruited to do the attack on Telegram prior to the massacre.
🚨🇷🇺 One of captured Moscow shooters tells Russian police that he does not know who he is working for and that he was recruited via Telegram and was promised half a milllion rubles ($5000)! pic.twitter.com/1KANP2wJnT
— Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) March 23, 2024
Telegram originated as a Russian application and there is generally much more free speech allowed on it versus Jewish-controlled social media sites and apps. Jews hate free speech and would undoubtedly like to block Telegram just like they’re trying to do to TikTok in the United States.
Either way, blocking the service over a copyright dispute is retarded. Any copyright disputed could be handled without blocking the entire service. I do not support this ruling at all as it is yet another attack on free speech.
