“White Counter” counted more than 12 thousand participants in the rally in support of Telegram in Moscow

ended In Moscow, on Academician Sakharov Avenue, a protest against the blocking of Telegram . According to the calculations of the “White Counter”, 12.3 thousand people took part in it, the project reported on Twitter.

So many people had passed through the frames by 3:30 p.m. After this, the frames were removed, and several more groups of people were allowed through without them. According to the project, we are talking about less than a hundred participants.

Interfax The press service of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs told that 7.5 thousand people took part in the action. According to the police, there were no gross violations of public order.

The action was coordinated with the authorities and organized by the Libertarian Party. Among the stated demands of the rally participants was an end to the blocking of Telegram and all affected services by May 5, the repeal of the “Yarovaya Law” and the resignation of the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov.

On April 13, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow decided to block Telegram . This happened because the messenger refused to provide the FSB with the keys to decrypt user messages. Fulfilling the court decision, Roskomnadzor promised to suppress attempts to bypass the blocking, which is why it began to block millions of and Amazon IP addresses Google .

Updated at 4:34 p.m. Added information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.