Russia asks Apple to remove messaging app Telegram from the App StoreThe messaging app was banned back in April, but Russia wants Apple to remove it from the App Store all together: and they have a month to comply before things get sticky.
UPDATE:
The app claims that Apple hasn't allow Telegram to update since April, and because of that the app has missed the GDPR update that would meet new European regulations.
In a statment, Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, claims that Apple did not "side" with the app:
Apple has been preventing Telegram from updating its iOS apps globally ever since the Russian authorities ordered Apple to remove Telegram from the App Store. Russia banned Telegram on its territory in April because we refused to provide decryption keys for all our users' communications to Russia's security agencies. We believe we did the only possible thing, preserving the right of our users to privacy in a troubled country. Unfortunately, Apple didn't side with us. While Russia makes up only 7% of Telegram's userbase, Apple is restricti...
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Russia asks Apple to remove messaging app Telegram from the App Store
