Telegram is basically opposed to any kind of censorship which is IMHO a good thing. Western politicians are outraged as hatespeech, murder threats, right-wing paroles etc. are openly distributed through Telegram and demand regulation/takedown. At the same time, when protesters in Belarus or HongKong use Telgram to coordinate and those Governments demand takedown, the West screams oppression and demands freedom of speech.

In general I am pro Telegram, as I think any democracy needs to have censorship-free communication for whistleblowers etc. and to prevent attacks against democracy itself. Even if this means we have to live with stupid/illegal opinions being expressed too.