ISIS announced that blocked 78 ISIS related channels in 12 languages ​​- CNN in Spanish

(CNNMoney) – The instant messaging application Telegram said Wednesday that blocked 78 ISIS-related channels in 12 languages ​​

However, private communications between members. ISIS would not be affected by this decision.

On Tuesday, CNNMoney reported Telegram had become very popular among members of ISIS for its promise of a highly encrypted communication. Is the “new fad among jihadists,” said Laith Alkhouri, research director Flashpoint Global Partners

The Berlin-based company has two layers of encryption and claims to be “faster and safer” its competitor WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook

In a statement released Wednesday statement Telegram addressed the issue. “Our mission is to provide a secure means of communication that works for everyone in the planet. In order to do … we have to process legitimate requirements to stop illegal public content (labels, bots and channels) in the application. “

That still leaves the protected private communications. Users can send messages safely to your friends as well as photos and files. Can also create group chats maximum 200 members or opt for the “special secret chats” where messages, photos and videos destruct.

Even in public channels, picking and choosing who block is a challenge . Reported via Twitter that groups sympathetic to ISIS reprinted in new channels Telegram.

ISIS is also using Telegram to transmit large messages in the channels of the application, which are dedicated to a variety topics. Was the official channel of the ISIS group said the attacks in Paris would be the “first of the storm.”

Members related ISIS channels are telling others to be careful. “They (Telegram) began their war on # EstadoIslámico beware … and for now it is not safe (sic) use anything,” says a message on a channel ISIS.

The applications are encrypted messages increasingly the center of attention after the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Judicial sources confirmed there was encrypted cell phones believed the attackers belonged to Paris applications.

Telegram was released in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov brothers, who are known as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia”.

In a post Instagram Tuesday afternoon, Pavel Durov showed his support to those They lost their lives, but also blamed the French government: “I join with all those who mourn the dead in the most beautiful city in the world. I believe that the French government is as responsible as ISIS of this, because their policies and carelessness which eventually led to the tragedy. “