Telegram block in Spain to help combat piracy is suspended.

The National Court in Spain has decided to suspend the blocking of messaging platform Telegram, which would have prevented around eight million Telegram users from accessing the service in Spain. This comes after a report that concludes that the suspension of the messaging application would mean “clear harm” to the millions of users who use it legally.

A judge had ordered Spains internet providers to block the Telegram messaging service after a copyright complaint filed by Spanish media companies Mediaset España, EGEDA, Atresmedia, and Movistar Plus,

The block was initially agreed and described as “necessary” and “proportional” by the judge handling a copyright case whom had concluded that since Telegram had failed to help rightsholders identify the operators of certain Telegram channels, something needed to be done.

But the block has been suspended, with the judge asking the General Information Commissioner of the National Police to provide more details on the Telegram service and the impact such a block would have.

The first of them is about the messaging platform in general. Most likely, the judge will want to understand 100% what the use of this tool entails and what it means for it to be available in Spain. After all, it is a service that more than 8 million Spaniards use, so it is not a random app whose blocking has no impact whatsoever. The second objective of the report requested from the Police is to discover precisely the type of impact that the blocking of Telegram would have among Spanish citizens .

Source : https://torrentfreak.com/judge-blocks-8m-telegram-users-platform-failed-to-help-identify-pirates-240325/

Source : https://www.eldiario.es/politica/audiencia-nacional-suspende-bloqueo-telegram-pide-policia-informe-incidencia-medida_1_11240637.html