the Telegram may be blocked in Italy

Federation of newspaper publishers in Italy (FIEG) appealed to AGCOM (local Ministry) with the request urgent Telegram lock. In a press release, FIEG said: "According to our conservative estimates, the losses amount to 670 thousand euros per day, about 250 million euros a year — a figure which, I believe, Agcom should intervene confidently and quickly,".

There are about ten channels in the Italian Telegram dedicated to the illicit proliferation of various types of magazines and Newspapers. The number of users registered in these groups, approximately 580 thousand, and their growth over the past three months was 46% and the number of Newspapers circulated in this way, increased by 88%.

Newspapers and magazines, the Italians began to read in the messenger last year. The police had already caught about 10 000 people in the act and issued fines in the amount of 24 000 euros for the download of the magazines online on your phone instead of having to buy them at full price from the official channels.

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Don't worry. Those idiots will not block Telegram