![]() **This piece was originally published on our sister website Asian Correspondent. The government recently banned Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, who advocate the replacement of democracy with a transnational Islamic caliphate. Indonesia is currently struggling to contain a rise in Islamic radicalism, seen to threaten the nation of 260 million people’s history of religious tolerance and pluralism. He tweeted on Monday that he was “in Jakarta, meeting with local teams brainstorming ways how to eradicate ISIS propaganda more efficiently.” SEE ALSO: Instagram says that Indonesia is its largest market in APAC Don't give in! Report public terrorist content Terrorists are after your fear – and the media are glad to help them. “Telegram is very concerned about the threat of global terrorism, especially for countries like Indonesia,” said Durov, who emphasised the importance of joint statements against extremism from his company and governments like Indonesia. For this reason, it is known to be a popular mode of communication between sympathisers of IS and other terror groups. Telegram provides highly secure, end-to-end encryption from sender to recipient, which means not even the companies providing the platform can access messages. “I appreciate that Telegram is very responsive in addressing this issue,” said communications minister Rudiantara in a statement, who said that the app would be unblocked by his ministry this week. Pavel left Russia and VK in early 2014 to focus on. Before that, Pavel founded VK the most popular social network in Russia and some other countries with over 100 million active users. SEE ALSO: Telegram to shut ‘terrorist-related’ channels following Indonesia ban Pavel Durov is the CEO and founder of Telegram, a messaging application that attracted over 60 million active users in less than 2 years since its start in 2013.
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