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Telegram messenger blocked Ukrainian military bots for collecting data. In particular, the Main Intelligence Directorate reports this in its official Telegram channel. The Main Intelligence Bot has lost its “Main Intelligence Bot”; the “eVorog” of the Ministry of Digital Development, the “Stop Russian War Bot” of the SBU and others are also not working, in particular, the bot for tracking “Shaheds” and reporting the coordinates of Russian military facilities in southern Ukraine.
UPDATED April 29, 10:16: According to the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Telegram has resumed the work of Ukrainian official chatbots.
UPDATED April 29, 15:10:An unnamed Telegram employee told Reuters that they blocked the chat “by mistake.”
“Today, the leadership of the Telegram platform unreasonably blocked a number of official bots that countered Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, including the “Main Intelligence Bot” that was blocked. This happened contrary to the rules and public statements that Telegram’s management publicly declared,” the GUR said in a statement.
At the same time, fake Russian bots are operating unhindered, masquerading as Ukrainian ones to collect data. Intelligence calls not to use bots on Telegram and not to transfer personal data there.
“We are already restoring the bot’s functionality on other platforms. Communication channels are also still available:
Official email for communication: [email protected]
Signal: +38 096 945 53 41
WhatsApp: +38 096 945 53 41″”
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April 24, Telegram owner Pavel Durov noted, not for the first time, that the messenger would block channels that collect information for military operations. Officially, Telegram opposes the use of its capabilities for military purposes.
“We still ban accounts and bots that collect coordinates to target strikes or post direct personal information that calls for violence. We don't want Telegram to be a tool for violence – so please report such channels/bots to us if you see them.”
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech says that the blocking of Ukrainian resources in Telegram is not connected with criticism of the messenger in Ukraine, as one might think, but with Russia’s opposition to Ukrainian efforts to block Russian resources in the messenger.< /p>
“The Ukrainian authorities, including with the involvement of the Apple platform, managed to find a solution to block Russian propaganda in the TG. Of course, the FSB did not like this, and they forced Durov to block what was connected with Ukraine. First of all, with military operations. It is logical to expect that part of society will perceive this not as an attack by the Russian special services, but on the principle of «it was not worth criticizing». It’s very easy to calculate,” writes People’s Deputy Yaroslav Yurchyshyn.
The bot of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine “eWorg” has been working since the first days of Russian full-scale military aggression. This was a secure information transmission channel through which Ukrainian citizens, if they had verification in Dii, could report information about the Russian occupiers to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. According to the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov, as of March 2024, the chatbot was used more than 570 thousand times. Specialists previously analyzed the information received for reliability, and then sent it to the military, intelligence or security services.
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