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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Elonore Hughes

Telegram app back on in Brazil after judge lifts suspension

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The Telegram messaging app was up and running in Brazil on Saturday after a federal judge revised an earlier ruling suspending it over the company's failure to hand over data on neo-Nazi activity.

But in lifting the suspension, the judge kept in place a daily fine of $1 million reais (about $200,000) for Telegram’s refusal to provide the data, according to a press statement provided by the federal court that issued the ruling.

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