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		thomzane on Feb 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An IT Army for Ukraine Telegram has ties to Russia. Rocketchat or mattermost would make more sense.

d3suu on Feb 27, 2022 [–]

Telegram is hated by Russian government, they even tried to block it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia

thomzane on Feb 27, 2022 | [–]

See this comparison chart: https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/

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