FILE PHOTO: The Telegram logo is seen on a screen of a smartphone in this picture illustration taken April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top electoral authority, the TSE, is considering whether to ban the messaging app Telegram during the run-up to October elections because it has not responded to requests to help combat the spread of misinformation.
Telegram, which has a development team based in Dubai, is the second-most popular messaging service in Brazil but has no representative office in the South American country.
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