Messaging app Telegram was recently banned in Brazil. The reason for the ban was that the app, which was under scrutiny by the Brazilian authorities, forgot to check its emails. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov stated that he wanted the reason for the shutdown to be sent to a private e-mail address, but it was sent to a public address.
After the second checks on the subject were made, the company executives saw that the necessary e-mails were delivered to their addresses. When the situation was realized, the parties started to work on reconciliation among themselves. However, the Brazilian Internet Operators National Telecommunications Authority announced that it will penalize people who use a VPN to access Telegram. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
VPN users for Brazil Telegram will be fined daily!
Brazilian court announced that after banning Telegram, it will fine users R$100,000 (approximately $20) per day for non-compliance. This ban has been quite impressive for blog accounts spreading fake news on the platform.
Telegram CEO apologized in a statement and asked for a few days to rectify the situation. According to his statement, he explained that all these events were caused by the lack of communication and that Brazil sent an e-mail to a general address. The Brazilian government, on the other hand, stated that they will impose fines ranging from $ 20 to $ 20,000, as per the legal decision, to those who will use a private network such as VPN or Proxy. Additionally, it gave Telegram 24 hours to fix the issues.
What do you, our readers, think about this issue? How do you think the Brazilian court has imposed censorship on Telegram and fines people who want to use VPNs? You can comment or post your thoughts on the SDN Forum.
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