Telegram apparently censor queer groups

2 years ago by DaseinPickle to c/privacy

@evacide@hachyderm.io It gets a bit worse, Telegram has a long-standing relationship with a Saudi organization that's essentially a govt arm in Riyadh, working in direct partnership to analyze and monitor an obscene amount of user data: https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/641746/SAUDI-ARABIA/Etidal-Telegram-remove-over-16-million-extremist-contents-in-early-2024 They claim this only targets terrorist groups. I can verify that it absolutely impacts groups run by queer communities in the Gulf, because I was in one such group that was monitored and shut down by Etidal. Telegram can fuck off into the sunset.

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/6433881

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amaki 7 points 2 years ago

That sucks, i don't know if a XMPP client + Tor/Orbot would be a good alternative

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DaseinPickle 5 points 2 years ago

I think something like Simplex Chat is easier to use.

https://simplex.chat/

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rottingleaf 4 points 2 years ago

Telegram is used like a weird social network with channels and big groupchats and search. XMPP can't do that yet.

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toastal 2 points 2 years ago

Movim is sort of like a decentralized social media space built atop XMPP

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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Don't promote proprietary software

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Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience

Be nice :)

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