More than 60 Telegram channels blocked in Germany - newspaper

FILE PHOTO: The Telegram logo is seen on a screen of a smartphone in this picture illustration taken April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Messenger service Telegram, which has proved popular with far-right groups and people opposed to COVID-related restrictions, has blocked 64 of its channels in Germany, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday, without giving a source for the information.

The move came after Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office sent shutdown requests to the messenger service, the paper said.