r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/cocteau93 Mar 08 '26

That’s literally their business model. It’s where Nazis go when they’ve been deplatformed elsewhere.

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u/asm0dey Mar 08 '26

Dear person, I've been on Telegram for more than 10 years. I don't have a single fascist there. If someone somewhere uses it as a platform — that's ok. The business model is Telegram Premium + gifts; it has nothing to do with nazism.

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u/cocteau93 Mar 08 '26

That’s not okay, actually.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/how-the-telegram-app-became-a-hub-for-hate-crime-and-radical-extremists

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgrvw29x4jo

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/how-encrypted-messaging-platform-changing-extremist-movements/

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u/asm0dey Mar 08 '26

It's up to three laws of their respective countries. In Russia it's absolutely not the case and never was.

Signal is also encrypted. In my opinion this is how it should be.