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TECHNOLOGY Monday 17 July 2017

Telegram blocks terror content after Indonesia threatens ban

By STEPHEN WRIGHT companies in the world’s applications at the minis- militants arrested by In- tacks through the app, in-
Associated Press most populous Muslim na- try, said the app is used to donesian police recently cluding from Bahrun Naim,
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) tion to block access to 11 recruit Indonesians into mil- have told authorities that an Indonesian with the Is-
— The encrypted messag- lamic State group in Syria
ing app Telegram is form- accused of orchestrating
ing a team of moderators several attacks in the past
who are familiar with In- 18 months.
donesian culture and lan- Durov said Telegram has
guage so it can remove now blocked the channels
“terrorist-related content” that were reported to it
faster, its co-founder said by the Indonesian govern-
Sunday, after Indonesia ment. “We are forming a
limited access to the app dedicated team of mod-
and threatened a total erators with knowledge
ban. Pavel Durov, who with of Indonesian culture and
his brother Nikolai founded language to be able to
the app in 2013, said in a process reports of terror-
message to his 40,000 fol- ist-related content more
lowers on Telegram that quickly and accurately,”
he’d been unaware of a he said. Communications
failure to quickly respond and Information Technol-
to an Indonesian govern- ogy Minister Rudiantara,
ment request to block a who goes by one name,
number of offending chan- said he had received an
nels — chat groups on the apology from Durov, who
app — but was now rectify- was apparently not aware
ing the situation. The Minis- of several requests from
try of Communications and the ministry since 2016.
Information Technology “I appreciate the response
said Friday that it was pre- The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone, Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Bangkok, from Pavel Durov and the
paring for the total closure Thailand. ministry will follow it up as
of Telegram in Indonesia, Associated Press soon as possible in terms
where it has several million of technical details so that
users, if it didn’t develop addresses offering the web itant groups and to spread they communicated with standard operating proce-
procedures to block un- version of Telegram. Samu- hate and methods for car- each other via Telegram dures can be implement-
lawful content. As a partial el Pangerapan, the direc- rying out attacks including and received orders and ed immediately,” Rudian-
measure, it asked internet tor general of informatics bomb making. Suspected directions to carry out at- tara said.q

Self-fueling boat sets off from

Paris on 6-year world trip

PARIS (AP) — A boat that 30.5-meter (100-foot) boat
fuels itself is setting off will rely on sun or wind dur-
around the world from Paris ing the day and tap into
on a six-year journey that its its hydrogen reservoirs at
designers hope will serves night.
as a model for emissions- It produces its own hydro-
free energy networks of the gen through electrolysis of
future. sea water.
Energy Observer will use its Originally designed in 1983,
solar panels, wind turbines the boat enjoyed a suc-
and a hydrogen fuel cell cessful career in open-sea
system to power its trip. The sailing races before skip-
5 million-euro ($5.25 million) pers Frederic Dahirel and
boat heads off Saturday Victorien Erussard and a
from Paris toward the At- French research institute
lantic. converted it into the Ener- In this Tuesday, July 4, 2017 file photo, the Energy Observer, a former race boat turned into a au-
The futuristic-looking gy Observer project.q tonomous navigation with hydrogen, sails on the Seine river in Paris.