IP addresses and phone numbers of Telegram users who violate the messenger’s rules may be transferred to authorities in response to reasonable requests.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov reported this on his Telegram channel on September 23.
Durov was arrested in August in France, charged with abuses related to Telegram, and banned from leaving the country. French media claimed that Telegram began responding to inquiries from investigators in France after Durov’s arrest.
As Durov writes, the messenger has updated its terms of service and privacy policy, “ensuring their uniformity throughout the world.”
We have made it clear that IP addresses and phone numbers of those who violate our rules may be disclosed to the relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests, Durov said.
He acknowledged that Telegram’s search function was being used by some people who violated the terms of service to sell illegal goods. Durov claims that a “special team of moderators” spent several weeks making Telegram’s search “more secure” and that all of the “problematic content” that had been identified was no longer accessible.
These measures should deter criminals. Telegram search is designed to find friends and news, not to promote illegal goods. We will not allow attackers to compromise the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users, – the Telegram founder concluded.
On September 6, Durov wrote his first post since his arrest, denying the charges brought against him in France. He wrote that if a country is unhappy with an internet service, it should sue the company rather than prosecute its leader.
Source: Racurs
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