Telegram's representatives insisted that the FSB's requirements were illegal because they could lead to privacy violations and were not authorized by a court. Lawyers claim case is politically motivated Correspondence of people who use cloud chats is encrypted… and never stored in one place," Dinze said earlier. "Messages in secret chats are never stored on servers. The fine came after Telegram refused to provide its users' encryption keys to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). Telegram’s lawyer Dmitry Dinze appealed the decision of a district and a magistrate court in Moscow.Įncryption keys like the ones used by Telegram and other messaging services enable users to communicate in a way that keeps the content of their messages secret even if they are intercepted by intelligence services or other third parties. "The complaint does not contain arguments that entail cancellation or amendment of the decision," the court order stated. The Moscow City Court said on Friday that it denied an appeal by the popular messaging service Telegram and said the company would have to pay the 800,000 rouble (€10,645, $12,185) fine levied by a magistrate court.
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