The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted

Not taking a stance on the actual substance, but this just underlines that the gatekeepers indeed are gatekeepers:

"Being in violation of Apple and Google's app store rules could result in an app being removed from the mobile app stores both companies control."

Interesting.

> Some of the channels amassed hundreds of thousands of subscribers and sent out graphic images and videos of the war, in addition to calls to action from Hamas members.

I’ve seen some channels that have these same graphic depictions, but instead have a tone of “look at the atrocities being committed, Hamas must be held accountable .”

Telegram seems to be a replacement for subreddits that got banned in the 2010s (and now even liveleak is gone).

Isn’t this typical though? I thought telegram blocked terrorist channels years ago.

Hamas is a terrorist org, so I would expect any communication they use that isn’t purely end to end encrypted will get shut down.

I’m typically a pretty free speech person. But my idea for limiting is violence and crimes. Or at least “real” crimes (I don’t care about drug trade but think that planning terrorism or domestic violence or whatnot should be blocked based on their link to crime).

Regardless of your position, this is a clear example of narrative control, you might cheer it now if it fits yours, but it won’t be the case all the time, and I always use COVID as a prime example and how it was taboo for doctors to even question anything about it.

That's odd. The hacker news headline says 27 comments, but I only see 5 of them.

Israel is also conducting mass arrests for social media posts for weeks now: https://forward.com/fast-forward/565699/dozens-of-arrested-f...

Maybe they should contact Durov to get more info, since most messages are not e2ee, including group chats