Telegram’s core domain t.me has been placed on serverHold at the .me registry, effectively removing it from global DNS and rendering all t.me links inaccessible.
The change occurred today, according to domain records. As of now, there has been no official explanation from Telegram, the .me registry, or backend operator Identity Digital.
A serverHold is a registry-level status that completely dead-ends the domain, preventing it from resolving anywhere in the world.
When did it become necessary to say "no, Telegram is not your friend in standing up against governments" because it never has been.
They hand off data often because they can always access the data.
And the encryption is comically, infamously bad. Since the start.