Countries shut down Telegram citing national security
Telegram, the instant messaging app popular in Russia and Iran, gained popularity partly from the fact it was started by a Russian citizen. The app makes it “nearly impossible” to listen in to other users without their consent. Critics say that it is easy for a skillful security expert to penetrate the app and that Telegram gathers too much information on users allowing intelligence agencies to mine the data for the identities of dissidents. (The