{"id":614201,"date":"2024-03-25T15:35:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spain-suspends-telegram-ban-to-investigate-impact-on-users\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:35:42","slug":"spain-suspends-telegram-ban-to-investigate-impact-on-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spain-suspends-telegram-ban-to-investigate-impact-on-users\/","title":{"rendered":"#Spain suspends Telegram ban to investigate impact on users"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f98400ddb8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f98400ddb8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spain-suspends-telegram-ban-to-investigate-impact-on-users\/#Large_tech_companies_under_the_microscope\" >Large tech companies under the microscope<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F03%2Ftelegram-spain-ban.jpg&amp;signature=41fb5b1ee3163b6ac5aadb0316b3f3bc\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain\u2019s High Court has suspe<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nded its own order that was set to block messaging <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> Telegram\u2019s services in the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Santiago Pedraz issued an order on Friday calling for a temporary ban on Telegram following complaints from several <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> companies alleging the messaging app allows users to upload TV and video content without permission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ban was expected to come into effect today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pedraz has now halted the order and called for a police report to investigate the impact the temporary ban might have on users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2024, June 20-21 &#8211; Hurry, price increase on March 29!<\/p>\n<p>Register now to get the best deal and save hundreds on all passes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widely seen as a more secure alternative to WhatsApp, Telegram is the fourth most popular messaging app in the country, with around eight million users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the ban was announced on Friday it sparked a swathe of criticism. Some took to social media, calling the move an <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidkurten\/status\/1771991568854950354\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on free speech.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fernando Su\u00e1rez, the president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Council of Professional Colleges of Computer Engineering of Spain, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/technology\/2024-03-24\/telegram-suspension-in-spain-its-like-closing-a-province-because-a-robbery-occurred-there.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is \u201clike deciding to close a province of our country because a case of drug trafficking or a robbery occurred within the territory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanish consumers\u2019 association <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FACUA\/status\/1772209466928148838\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FACUA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> welcomes the investigation. \u201cWe celebrate that, after the barrage of criticism, Judge Pedraz has paused his disproportionate order of a precautionary blocking of Telegram,\u201d said Spanish consumers\u2019 association <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FACUA\/status\/1772209466928148838\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FACUA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on X, formerly Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ban can be traced to July 2023, when <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain\u2019s High Court sought information from Telegram pertaining to accounts spreading pirated content on its channels. Telegram\u2019s lack of cooperation led the judge to take this \u201cprecautionary measure,\u201d he said on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ban may still come into effect depending on the results of the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Large_tech_companies_under_the_microscope\"><\/span>Large tech companies under the microscope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU, armed with a swathe of new regulation cracking down on everything from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to copyright, is increasingly putting large tech companies under the microscope and giving states more firepower to challenge them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain\u2019s privacy watchdog banned OpenAI founder Sam Altman\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldcoin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this month over concerns that the eye-scanning venture was illegally collecting and sharing data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just last week, French regulators <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slapped Google<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a \u20ac250mn fine for reasons similar to Telegram\u2019s proposed ban: displaying media content without consent of the publishers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2013, and directed by Russian-born businessman Pavel Durov, Telegram has positioned itself as a messaging app which provides users with more freedom and piracy compared to rivalling platforms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This, however, has been a double-edged sword, as it has also created a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nltimes.nl\/2023\/09\/29\/child-pornography-widely-shared-telegram-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hotbed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for drug sales, far-right activities, disinformation, the dissemination of violent content, child pornography, and terrorism. <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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