Anti-grooming gangs activist turned citizen journalist Tommy Robinson reports his Telegram channel can no longer be accessed via Apple and Android phones because Apple and Google have taken steps to block users’ access to it. The National Pulse has independently confirmed his complaints.
“If you’re trying to access my Telegram channel and you can’t, it’s because the censorship continues,” he said in a post on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter).
“Apple… and also Google Play, Android, whatever,” have blocked access to the channel, Robinson continued, explaining: “Telegram haven’t banned me, but the mobile phone companies and providers have.”
“We’re obviously doing something right,” Robinson suggested, adding, “if it wasn’t for Elon Musk we’d be totally erased again now.”
He urged the South African tech entrepreneur to “bring out his own mobile phone, so we can get away from iPhones, so we can get away from their censorship, Google, all of them.”
Musk does partly censor Robinson, however. It is impossible to embed Robinson’s posts on outside sites — including The National Pulse.
Robinson said people who want to view his Telegram channel can still do so by downloading the Telegram desktop app directly from Telegram.
