The Telegram app icon can be seen on the screen of a smartphone. The judiciary in Spain has temporarily blocked the messaging app Telegram nationwide. Fabian Sommer/dpa
A court in Madrid ordered the temporary blocking of the short message service Telegram in Spain on Sunday, citing a lawsuit from several companies claiming that Telegram was being used to violate copyright protections.
Several media companies had brought the lawsuit involving Telegram. Consumer advocates in Spain, where there are several million Telegram users, criticized the measure as disproportionate.
