Telegram got banned in Brazil after the Supreme Court said that the messaging app has refused to take down accounts spreading disinformation on the platform.
An illustration picture taken through a magnifying glass on April 17, 2018 in Moscow shows the icon of the popular messaging app Telegram on a smart phone screen.
Telegram Gets BANNED in Brazil
According to a recent report by Reuters, the Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has already ordered the suspension of Telegram.
The Supreme Court Justice said that the suspension comes after the messaging apps have "repeatedly" failed to follow the judicial orders of the courts, asking Telegram to block accounts that were peddling disinformation.
Meanwhile, other tech platforms, like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter, have already followed the orders of the Supreme Court of Brazil, taking down accounts that were allegedly involved in disinformation campaigns.
Read Also: #TechCEO: Pavel Durov's Telegram As A Social Messaging And Free Speech Powerhouse
Telegram Missed Supreme Court Emails?
The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, responded to the suspension brought upon by the Supreme Court of Brazil, explaining why it has come to this.
As per a news story by The Verge, the Telegram exec said that the suspension of the messaging app in Brazil comes after the messaging app missed the emails of the Brazilian Supreme Court after the latter sent it to another general email address of the firm.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 25: A close-up view of the Telegram messaging app is seen on a smart phone on May 25, 2017 in London, England. Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, has been used as a secure communications tool by Islamic State.
The Telegram boss said in his statement in response to the suspension that "it seems that we had an issue with emails going between our telegram.org corporate addresses and the Brazilian Supreme Court."
Durov disclosed that Telegram has previously told the Brazilian Supreme Court to send any future takedown request to a dedicated email address meant specifically for that matter.
However, the tech exec said that the Supreme Court of Brazil failed to follow the earlier request of Telegram. As such, the court still sent its emails in what Durov called "the old general-purpose email address."
As a result, the messaging app now claims that it has missed the emails of the Brazil Supreme Court. Thus, Telegram has ended up being suspended in the country.
Despite that, the messaging apps have already found the emails from the court, which The Verge noted suggests that the "old" email address was still working.
The tech firm said that it is already working to fix this current mess with the Supreme Court of Brazil.
Related Article: Telegram Update Brings Message Reactions and Other Features, But For iPad and iPhone Users Only
This article is owned by Tech Times
Written by Teejay Boris
