Distributed on the TikTok network in the message it is claimed that the Spanish banned Telegram because Ukrainians used the app to intrusively post requests for help. However, this is not true.
Worried about piracy
At the end of March this year, one Spanish court ordered to stop Telegram app’s activities in the country, but this event has nothing to do with Ukrainians’ requests for help distributed on this platform.
The issue raised by the broadcasters was examined case due to infringement of intellectual property. Media companies have complained that their material is being used on Telegram without their consent.
It was decided to suspend Telegram’s activities after the officials of the Virgin Islands, where Telegram is registered as a company, did not respond to the 2023 July. request for information.
The court was looking for information to identify who is behind the accounts allegedly uploading the pirated content.
Facua Consumer Rights Group criticized the decision as disproportionate and warned that it would cause significant harm to millions of users of the social network.
It will be clear how it will affect consumers
But just days later, Spain’s High Court judge Santiago Pedraz suspended his own order, citing that the investigation focused on individual offenders and not the platform itself.
He asked the police to submit a report on how the temporary ban on the app will affect its users.
Spain’s consumer association said it was “welcomed by the authorities’ decision to carefully consider their actions and the scale of the possible consequences” and hoped the police report would prompt the judge to overturn the decision.
in 2023 March. carried out in Spain according to survey data, 54 percent Telegram users used the platform daily, and at least 26 percent of them did it several times a day. Only 17 percent of its users say they use Telegram less than once a week.
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15 minutes verdict: lie. The activity of the Telegram app in Spain was not suspended because of the Ukrainian content in it.
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