Russia's Telegram crackdown tests censorship limits
Officials, opposition supporters and young 'digital natives' are against the ban on a popular messaging service
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- An imperfect crackdown
- Angry reactions
- No sign of retreat
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_350.jpg "At a Moscow protest against a ban on Telegram, participants release paper planes, copying the company's logo (Reuters/Tatyana Makeyeva)")