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Telegram with a message

There was a time when telegrams were the thing.

Telegrams were always read out at weddings and the big one, of course was the telegram said to be sent by the Monarch when you reached 100 years of age.

But today a TELEGRAM is something entirely different.

Although founded by Russian Entrepreneur, PAVEL DUROV, the Telegram Messenger Service is currently battling with authorities in that country, and now also IRAN where in an effort to get millions of Iranians to abandon the service, which it blames for promoting unrest they are promoting a domestically-produced mobile messaging app – SOROUSH – complete with a “Death to America” emoji.

Currently some 50 million Iranians, attracted by Telegram’s strong security and privacy features, use the app. But the authorities blame its use for the spread of anti-establishment protests in the country in December.

Soroush, which currently claims five million users, closely resembles Telegram in that it allows users to join channels, follow news, and conduct business online. But users don’t seem to be buying into assurances by officials – including the Supreme Leader himself – that user privacy will be fully protected on the domestic app.

Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council has issued a ban on the use of foreign apps by public institutions, amid reports that Telegram, as the most popular messaging app in Iran, may be blocked by the Iranian government any time soon.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader, president and other officials are still posting on their accounts on Twitter, despite being banned in the Islamic Republic, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s office is still active on Facebook. The Supreme Leader has seven pages on Twitter in different languages

Perhaps that is the only way to get their messages out!

In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills joined us to turn the clock back to the days when some one-time residents of Wickford in Essex named an area of Rhode Island in the USA in memory of their origins.

Listen again here to what Margaret told me today: –

See you again next week,
Scott

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Telegram with a message

There was a time when telegrams were the thing.

Telegrams were always read out at weddings and the big one, of course was the telegram said to be sent by the Monarch when you reached 100 years of age.

But today a TELEGRAM is something entirely different.

Although founded by Russian Entrepreneur, PAVEL DUROV, the Telegram Messenger Service is currently battling with authorities in that country, and now also IRAN where in an effort to get millions of Iranians to abandon the service, which it blames for promoting unrest they are promoting a domestically-produced mobile messaging app – SOROUSH – complete with a “Death to America” emoji.

Currently some 50 million Iranians, attracted by Telegram’s strong security and privacy features, use the app. But the authorities blame its use for the spread of anti-establishment protests in the country in December.

Soroush, which currently claims five million users, closely resembles Telegram in that it allows users to join channels, follow news, and conduct business online. But users don’t seem to be buying into assurances by officials – including the Supreme Leader himself – that user privacy will be fully protected on the domestic app.

Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council has issued a ban on the use of foreign apps by public institutions, amid reports that Telegram, as the most popular messaging app in Iran, may be blocked by the Iranian government any time soon.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader, president and other officials are still posting on their accounts on Twitter, despite being banned in the Islamic Republic, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s office is still active on Facebook. The Supreme Leader has seven pages on Twitter in different languages

Perhaps that is the only way to get their messages out!

In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills joined us to turn the clock back to the days when some one-time residents of Wickford in Essex named an area of Rhode Island in the USA in memory of their origins.

Listen again here to what Margaret told me today: –

See you again next week,
Scott

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Telegram with a message

There was a time when telegrams were the thing.

Telegrams were always read out at weddings and the big one, of course was the telegram said to be sent by the Monarch when you reached 100 years of age.

But today a TELEGRAM is something entirely different.

Although founded by Russian Entrepreneur, PAVEL DUROV, the Telegram Messenger Service is currently battling with authorities in that country, and now also IRAN where in an effort to get millions of Iranians to abandon the service, which it blames for promoting unrest they are promoting a domestically-produced mobile messaging app – SOROUSH – complete with a “Death to America” emoji.

Currently some 50 million Iranians, attracted by Telegram’s strong security and privacy features, use the app. But the authorities blame its use for the spread of anti-establishment protests in the country in December.

Soroush, which currently claims five million users, closely resembles Telegram in that it allows users to join channels, follow news, and conduct business online. But users don’t seem to be buying into assurances by officials – including the Supreme Leader himself – that user privacy will be fully protected on the domestic app.

Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council has issued a ban on the use of foreign apps by public institutions, amid reports that Telegram, as the most popular messaging app in Iran, may be blocked by the Iranian government any time soon.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader, president and other officials are still posting on their accounts on Twitter, despite being banned in the Islamic Republic, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s office is still active on Facebook. The Supreme Leader has seven pages on Twitter in different languages

Perhaps that is the only way to get their messages out!

In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills joined us to turn the clock back to the days when some one-time residents of Wickford in Essex named an area of Rhode Island in the USA in memory of their origins.

Listen again here to what Margaret told me today: –

See you again next week,
Scott

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Telegram with a message

There was a time when telegrams were the thing.

Telegrams were always read out at weddings and the big one, of course was the telegram said to be sent by the Monarch when you reached 100 years of age.

But today a TELEGRAM is something entirely different.

Although founded by Russian Entrepreneur, PAVEL DUROV, the Telegram Messenger Service is currently battling with authorities in that country, and now also IRAN where in an effort to get millions of Iranians to abandon the service, which it blames for promoting unrest they are promoting a domestically-produced mobile messaging app – SOROUSH – complete with a “Death to America” emoji.

Currently some 50 million Iranians, attracted by Telegram’s strong security and privacy features, use the app. But the authorities blame its use for the spread of anti-establishment protests in the country in December.

Soroush, which currently claims five million users, closely resembles Telegram in that it allows users to join channels, follow news, and conduct business online. But users don’t seem to be buying into assurances by officials – including the Supreme Leader himself – that user privacy will be fully protected on the domestic app.

Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council has issued a ban on the use of foreign apps by public institutions, amid reports that Telegram, as the most popular messaging app in Iran, may be blocked by the Iranian government any time soon.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader, president and other officials are still posting on their accounts on Twitter, despite being banned in the Islamic Republic, and Ayatollah Khamenei’s office is still active on Facebook. The Supreme Leader has seven pages on Twitter in different languages

Perhaps that is the only way to get their messages out!

In the second hour of today’s programme, Margaret Mills joined us to turn the clock back to the days when some one-time residents of Wickford in Essex named an area of Rhode Island in the USA in memory of their origins.

Listen again here to what Margaret told me today: –

See you again next week,
Scott

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