{"id":4443,"date":"2021-09-17T22:25:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T22:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/citing-russias-broadcast-moratorium-in-a-blow-to-navalnys-smart-vote-initiative-telegram-suddenly-suspends-all-bots-associated-with-campaigning.html"},"modified":"2021-09-17T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T22:25:15","slug":"citing-russias-broadcast-moratorium-in-a-blow-to-navalnys-smart-vote-initiative-telegram-suddenly-suspends-all-bots-associated-with-campaigning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediateka.online\/learnrussian\/citing-russias-broadcast-moratorium-in-a-blow-to-navalnys-smart-vote-initiative-telegram-suddenly-suspends-all-bots-associated-with-campaigning.html","title":{"rendered":"Citing Russia\u2019s \u2018broadcast moratorium,\u2019 in a blow to Navalny\u2019s Smart Vote initiative, Telegram suddenly suspends all bots \u2018associated with campaigning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a message on Friday evening, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced that the popular instant messenger is suspending support for all \u201cbots associated with election campaigning\u201d during Russia\u2019s parliamentary elections, which began today and conclude on Sunday, September 19.<\/p>\n

Justifying the decision, Durov explained in a post on his Telegram channel that the network will observe Russia\u2019s \u201cbroadcast moratorium\u201d during the voting process. \u201cWe consider this practice to be legitimate and call on Telegram users to respect it. Beginning at midnight, Moscow time [September 18], we plan to restrict the functionality of bots associated with election campaigning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Durov\u2019s announcement appeared at 11:56 p.m., Moscow time, on September 17.<\/p>\n

Though Durov did not single out Alexey Navalny\u2019s strategic voting initiative, Smart Vote, the new Telegram policy would appear to be another devastating blow to the project, which has been the target of an unprecedented censorship campaign by the Russian government over the past month. After Apple and Google disabled Russian users\u2019 access to the Navalny app on September 17 \u2014 and thanks to varyingly successful efforts to block direct access to Team Navalny\u2019s websites \u2014 Smart Vote had relied increasingly on disseminating its election endorsements through its Telegram bot.<\/p>\n

At the time of this writing, Smart Vote\u2019s Telegram bot remained functional.<\/p>\n

Update: At the time of this<\/em> writing, Smart Vote\u2019s Telegram bot is no longer functional (in Russia or anywhere in the world).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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