But Hamas also uses Telegram to spread videos ... Updated to add that Google confirmed that Telegram blocked the channels due to Google Play Store guidelines.

The official Telegram channels of Hamas and the al-Qassam Brigades became inaccessible for Telegram users who downloaded the app through the Google Play Store on Sunday night. Telegram responded ...

its address no longer exists on Google Play's server. The application contained historical information on Hamas, as well as reports on the organization’s terrorist activity and updates on ...

Hamas’s official account, the account of its armed wing the Qassam Brigades, and the news account Gaza Now have not been accessible on versions of Telegram downloaded from Google Play or Apple ...

Notably, other Hamas-affiliated channels ... channels could not be viewed on Telegram apps downloaded from the Google Play Store. A Google spokesperson confirmed their policy banning violent ...

On Android, people now see a message telling them that two of the main Hamas-run channels, including Qassam Brigades, cannot be displayed on “Telegram apps downloaded from the Google Play Store.” ...

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In the weeks after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas militants, a Google employee in its cloud ... these things play a significant part in the victory — I will not elaborate ...

Websites linked to the Palestinian people and Hamas were not spared either ... On Monday, the app was taken down from the Google Play Store, and the link was still dead on Tuesday.