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Telegram t.me links went offline worldwide after sanctions order
t.me links stopped resolving after Montenegro's national domain registry placed the domain on serverHold. The registry cited compliance with a U.S. Treasury sanctions order affecting Telegram's infrastructure. Service resumed after the hold was lifted.
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Telegram's t.me short links stopped resolving in browsers worldwide after Montenegro's .me registry placed the domain on serverHold status. The registry told Telegram's founder and CEO that the action was taken for OFAC compliance. ServerHold removes a domain from the global address system so that linked pages no longer load.
Background on the outage The t.me domain handles every Telegram invite, channel, and group link. The registry acted after receiving a U.S. Treasury sanctions order that touched Telegram's infrastructure. Service returned once the hold was removed. The incident showed that a single national registry can take a global service offline following a sanctions directive.
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