French media: Telegram has limited means of blocking and serves as a refuge for illegal political movements

BlockBeats news, on August 25, according to the French newspaper Le Monde, the Telegram platform is often criticized for its lack of regulation and will only carry out partial and very limited bans. Due to the lack of regulatory rules, Telegram has become a refuge for many political movements that are banned on all other platforms, such as the conspiracy movement QAnon, and Hamas, which has opened dozens of official and unofficial accounts there.

Telegram once blocked one of Hamas' official channels in Europe. The organization, called "Hamas Movement", has about 150,000 subscribers. The channel posted a video of Hamas activists kidnapping the French-Israeli hostage Mia Schem during the attack on the Nova Tribe Music Festival on October 7, 2023. But telegram's regulatory behavior is still partial and very limited.