On the evening of 11 August, while the Internet shutdown continued, 45 percent of people using Telegram protest chats in Belarus were online, despite the government's efforts to block online access. Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests.
In June 2016, it was found that some ISPs in Bahrain had started to block Telegram. The restriction was lifted on 10 November 2020. Many other unrelated services were also blocked due to a lack of coordination. Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter, Zoom and Skype were completely blocked. From 27 September 2020, following the start of the war in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies imposed temporary restrictions on the use of social media in the country.
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