A German minister's crusade against Telegram seems to be over before it ever really started; not so long ago, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser threatened to ban the messaging app in Germany because it was used as a tool of communication by anti-lockdown activists.
Even though this may not be getting widely reported by mainstream media in Germany, and elsewhere, anti-lockdown gatherings are quite frequent, and those behind them like to use independent and secure apps like Telegram to organize and coordinate.
But that got them in trouble with Faeser, who seemed determined to pin "trigger warnings" such as "hate speech" and "online violence" on Telegram and thus quickly vilify the app, with the goal of getting rid of it all together.
Faeser even found a law that she said Telegram was "violating," thus justifying banning the service in the country - and where the state apparatus couldn't reach, she naturally expected collaboration from massive corporations like Google and Apple.
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