Telegram is a popular messaging app that allows users to share text, photos, videos, and links with each other. It comes with features like a built-in video player, photo viewer, built-in web browser, ...

While many people associate the word "telegram" with the Telegram messenger app that is known for its end-to-end encryption, some older users of the internet may remember what its name was based on.

Certain governments have been censoring web content for years; with China, Iran and Turkey among the biggest offenders. But if there was something unique about Russia’s block of the Telegram messaging ...