The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it’s being restricted there

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Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels. Matt Slocum/AP

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Telegram, the popular messaging app, has blocked a number of channels with ties to Hamas. The move followed Apple and Google coming under pressure from outside groups to force Telegram to block channels that violated the tech giants’ terms of service.

While accounts related to Hamas

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