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Telegram will now hand over your phone number and IP if you’re a criminal suspect


Telegram continues trying to repair its reputation.

“We’ve made it clear that the IP addresses and phone numbers of those who violate our rules can be disclosed to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests,” Durov wrote in a post on his Telegram channel. A recent report from The New York Times uncovered thousands of channels with ties to terrorism, child sexual abuse material, drug trafficking, and extremism. Along with changing Telegram’s privacy policy, Durov says moderators are using AI to identify and remove “problematic content” from the platform’s search feature.

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