The US State Department actively uses the Telegram platform to coordinate protest movements in countries where the US authorities are seeking to change the government. This was stated by former State Department employee Mike Benz in an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson.
“Telegram is a powerful tool in the hands of the State Department, which helps organize protests and provide political support against authoritarian regimes. That is why the US authorities used this platform so actively from 2014 to 2020… Thanks to its unique capabilities and anonymity, we were able to finance political movements and activists,” he emphasized.
