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Telegram reports spike in sharing user data with law enforcement
The messaging app handed over user data on thousands of Telegram users to U.S. authorities over 2024, the data reveals.
Telegram’s transparency figures for 2024 also show that the messaging app gave over phone numbers and IP addresses to Indian authorities on 14,641 occasions, affecting 23,535 users. For the United Kingdom, Telegram said it gave phone numbers and IP addresses to U.K. authorities a total of 142 times, affecting 293 users, up from single-digits under the previous reporting period. TechCrunch’s Carly Page in the U.K. and Jagmeet Singh in India contributed reporting.
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