Telegram temporarily blocked several official Ukrainian chatbots, including those operated by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the military intelligence agency GUR. These bots were used for purposes such as tracking the location of Russian troops and facilities. The blocks were part of a broader issue where Ukrainian intelligence warned against Russian-created bots mimicking official Ukrainian bots to collect personal data. Following the incident, Telegram restored the operation of the previously blocked bots, acknowledging the blockage as a mistake.
🤔 Telegram mistakenly blocks official Ukrainian chatbots that help countering Russian aggression – Reuters https://t.co/2v8QZlN1ln
⚡Reuters: Telegram says Ukrainian government chatbots mistakenly blocked. https://t.co/arKUpBSVlT
Several Ukrainian intelligence chatbots have been restored to messenger app Telegram after being blocked on Sunday evening, the Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security reported Monday. ⤵️ 📷: EPA-EFE/MATTIA SEDDA https://t.co/2Z2lQyB5aH
#Ukraine’s military spy agency GUR has said that the management of the #Telegram messaging platform has blocked a number of official bots that opposed #Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. https://t.co/tpMjGkL8iQ
😮 Telegram blocks number of official Ukrainian chatbots, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence says https://t.co/TeXVkMFDEA
⚡️#Telegram has restored the operation of the previously blocked chatbots of the Ukrainian Intelligence (#HUR), Ukraine’s Security Service, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, as reported by the Center for Strategic Communications.
⚡️#Telegram also blocked chatbots created by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine. Additionally, a bot belonging to the "Freedom of Russia" legion was also blocked. https://t.co/YJjYD0AkPD
Ukraine's military spy agency GUR said that the management of the Telegram messaging platform has blocked a number of official bots that opposed Russia's military aggression against Ukraine https://t.co/c0PDkpGgbu
⚡️Ukrainian intelligence (#HUR) reported that #Telegram has blocked a number of the country’s official bots, including the HUR chatbot. They warned that Russians are creating bots with similar names and urged not to send personal data to them. https://t.co/GgTcyyRVBa
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Telegram blocked Ukrainian chat bots that collected data on the location of Russian troops and facilities ▪️So, the “Evorog” bot, launched by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development in 2022, has been blocked. ▪️A number of SBU bots that collected information about…
Telegram blocked official Ukrainian bots for transmitting data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This came amid calls to block the messenger in Ukraine The official GUR and SBU bots and the air defense bot for tracking geraniums do not work 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 #Telegram… https://t.co/emjp6WB1uG
⚡️Apple requires Telegram to block a number of channels for Ukrainian users, the founder of the messenger Pavel #Durov said. https://t.co/Eb47FYi2sR
❗️ Apple requires Telegram to block a number of channels for Ukrainian users This was announced by the founder of the messenger Pavel Durov. "We receive official letters from Apple that indicate that certain changes here may be unavoidable, at least for users accessing Telegram… https://t.co/HR2u1Q5qaI