> Possibly Telegram

Russia tried this from 2018 to 2020 and it didn't really work. Is there any reason to believe that they would succeed now?

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

2018-2020 was a saner time, friend. much saner time :(

Isn’t Iran confirming the risk of using such applications due to data leakage/harvesting? What was big brother in the 60’s is glued to your hand or even forehead now.

goes to show, freedom of speech and assembly, even virtualy, scares them enough to outweigh those "benefits".

Sounds like the TikTok ban a la Russe - a local tech giant using national security as a pretext to ban foreign-based competitors.

The authoritarian in charge should start his own Pravda Social.

I never realized how close Truth Social is in name and presumably purpose/origin to Pravda until now.