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Telegram’s core domain t.me has been placed on serverHold at the .me registry, effectively removing it from global DNS and rendering all t.me links inaccessible.

The change occurred today, according to domain records. As of now, there has been no official explanation from Telegram, the .me registry, or backend operator Identity Digital.

A serverHold is a registry-level status that completely dead-ends the domain, preventing it from resolving anywhere in the world.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 39 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I realize we don't like Telegram but we shouldn't be supporting exploiting control over DNS in pursuit of surveillance.

[–] esc@piefed.social -5 points 1 month ago (7 children)
[–] artyom@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I think the fact that Telegram is constantly in legal hot water indicates that it's not.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Oh it definitely is surveillance but it's surveillance from the Russian state so we don't really care about that in most of the developed world since effectively they have zero power over us and they don't really share information with anyone else.

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