Telegram’s Pavel Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content


Durov added that the platform had updated its terms of service and privacy policy to make clear that it would share infringers' details with authorities – including Internet IP addresses and phone numbers – ‘in response to valid legal requests’. — AFP

PARIS: Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said on Sept 23 that the messaging platform had removed more “problematic content”, weeks after his arrest in France on charges of failing to act against criminals using the app.

Telegram's search feature "has been abused by people who violated our terms of service to sell illegal goods", Durov told the 13 million subscribers of his personal messaging channel.

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