MOSCOW: Apple has prevented the Telegram messaging service from updating globally ever since Russia ordered Apple to remove the service from its stores, Telegram's CEO and founder said on Thursday. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it needs to guard against security threats such as terrorist attacks. Telegram is challenging the block in Russian courts. "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. While Russia makes up only 7 percent of Telegram's user base, Apple is restricting updates for all Telegram users around the world, Durov said.

Source: Economic Times May 31, 2018 12:32 UTC