Spain’s Audiencia Nacional high court ordered Telegram on Saturday to temporarily suspend its activities in the country, after a complaint by major media companies that users were sharing content without their permission, according to consumer advocacy group FACUA. FACUA condemned the decision, calling it “disproportionate.”

The decision came after company officials in the Virgin Islands failed to disclose to the court certain identities behind some of the accounts, who were allegedly responsible for the activity.

The General Council of Professional Colleges of Engineering in Spain released a statement against the ruling, considering it to be disproportionate. Its president, compared it to “entirely blocking” a province of the country because of a case of narcotrafficking or robbery in that territory. Furthermore, he added that “it is quite surprising to block Telegram because of a case of intellectual property, when, in other instances, there have been investigations on subjects like terrorism, child pornography or narcotraffic.”

Telegram is known for not cooperating with public authorities, making it popular among dissident users in authoritarian regimes, as well as among people responsible of illegal activities like terrorism, child pornography, etc. It was blocked in China in 2015, as well as in Thailand, Pakistan and Cuba.

Although the decision was taken because of the company’s uncooperativeness, it certainly raises questions regarding its proportionality, bearing in mind the great number of people using it in Spain.

According to the National Commission of Markets and Competition, Telegram is the fourth most used messaging app in Spain, with nearly 19% of the surveyed people using it. Globally, its users amount to nearly 8 million.