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well I don't think that and nobody demanded that. Telegram merely has to comply regionally concerning in this case German users or content shown to them. Tech companies differentiating their products to comply with local laws is common practice.


There are no purely "German users". People travel. People talk to people from other countries. Chatrooms have people from all over the world.


Never stopped nsa and friends, never will.


> nobody demanded that

European (and for that matter, Canadian[1]) courts wanting stuff gone internationally is well-documented[2]. It is not unconceivable that German enforcement agencies would use similar tactics. Once you give them the small finger, they will take the whole arm.

[1] https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/16701/inde... [2] https://www.heise.de/news/Gericht-Facebook-muss-bei-Rechtsve...




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