Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension
Telegram's t.me shortlink domain was temporarily suspended due to a 'serverhold' related to U.S. Treasury OFAC compliance. The domain was restored after the registrar clarified the compliance status.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the power of U.S. sanctions and domain registrars to disrupt global communication platforms.
A domain used by the messaging app Telegram mysteriously dropped offline on Monday, with the app’s founder, Pavel Durov, saying in an X post that t.me links had “stopped working.”
The report provides a factual account of a technical outage and the subsequent explanation from the registrar.
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