But the platform continued to grow in Russia despite the ban, with even Russian government departments maintaining official channels. Russia moved to ban Telegram in 2018 after the company refused to grant access to users' encrypted messages. With access to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram restricted or blocked, Telegram remains one of the only social media apps that remains fully accessible to users in Vladimir Putin's Russia.Īnd Telegram has seen a surge in users since the start of the war, with the company saying an average of 2.5 million new users have joined Telegram daily in the last three weeks, the AFP news agency reported. The messaging app has become a go-to source for information on the war, especially since Russia has blocked other social media platforms and clamped down on independent news outlets that counter Kremlin propaganda.
Amid the Kremlin's crackdown on social media and independent news outlets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one platform has continued to thrive: Telegram.
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