The Poltava Regional Council has begun preparations for a vote to ban Telegram in the region. The plans became known from the broadcast of a meeting of the deputy commission on regulations.
The commission of deputies considered the issue «On the ban on the use of Telegram». One of the deputies noted that he had to register through this messenger to get into the State Agrarian Register. This caused indignation among the deputies, since «Telegram’s servers are located in St. Petersburg», which creates a risk of information transfer to Russia.
Referring to the explanations of the Ukrainian special services, the deputies unanimously recommended banning Telegram in Poltava region. This issue will now be considered at a session meeting of the Poltava Regional Council.
UPDATED: A Telegram representative commented to the ITC.UA editors on the deputy’s statement regarding the company’s servers in St. Petersburg:
“Telegram has no servers or other equipment in Russia. This misunderstanding was the result of errors by IP-geolocation services like MaxMind, which have long been corrected. IP-geolocation is imprecise by its very nature.”
As a reminder, since last month Ukraine bans the use of Telegram on work devices for officials and the military. The use of the messenger is also restricted at critical infrastructure facilities due to the threat to national security.
The SBU and the General Staff reported that Russians are actively using Telegram for cyberattacks, spreading malware, determining the geolocation of users, and adjusting missile strikes.
Source: zmist
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