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		Telegram gains over 500.000 users from Brazil within the last three hours (twitter.com/telegram)
		7 points by joaomsa on Dec 17, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

gustavodemari on Dec 17, 2015 | [–]

More than 1 million now. https://twitter.com/telegram/status/677295986281181188

thomasfortes on Dec 17, 2015 | [–]

Clarifying, a judge ordered a 48 hour ban on whatsapp on the country, that's why telegram is getting an imense wave of users.

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