FACUA sees the judicial decision to close Telegram as "absolutely disproportionate" and warns of the "enormous damages"

MADRID, 23 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

FACUA-Consumers in Action warns of "the enormous damages" that the judicial decision to temporarily block the Telegram messaging application will cause for "the millions of users and for the companies, organizations and public and private institutions that legally disseminate content through of their channels on this platform".

This warning comes after this Friday the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz ordered Telegram to be provisionally suspended following a complaint filed by Mediaset, Atresmedia and Movistar Plus for alleged unauthorized use of audiovisual content subject to copyright.

For this reason, FACUA-Consumers in Action considers "absolutely disproportionate" the decision of the judge of the National Court to order the precautionary blocking of Telegram in Spain.

"It is as if they closed the Internet because there are websites that illegally host content protected by copyright, as if they cut off the entire television signal because there are pirate channels," the general secretary of FACUA, Rubén Sánchez, criticized in a statement.

As FACUA recalls, the head of the Central Court of Instruction number 5 has adopted this decision after those responsible for Telegram did not respond to his requests.

In addition, he emphasizes that the blockade is foreseeable in "the next few hours or days" since "the telecommunications companies are obliged to accept the magistrate's order."