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The Guardian

Telegram’s Pavel Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content after arrest



Platform with millions of subscribers discloses a more proactive approach to reporting infringers to authoritiesTelegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said Monday that the messaging platform had removed more “problematic content” and would take a more proactive approach to complying with government requests. The announcement comes 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. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/23/telegram-illegal-content-pavel-durov-arrest

Author : Agence France-Presse

Publish date : 2024-09-23 22:31:54

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