he also admits that "policing" Telegram has become harder. Durov says it’s now his “personal goal” to “significantly improve things in this regard.”
French authorities had charged Durov with enabling various forms of criminal activity on Telegram, including an unnamed person’s distribution of child sexual abuse material on the platform. An unnamed statement from Telegram at the time of his arrest said Durov had “nothing to hide.”
@ecksmc hmm
Telegram update
Telegram will now turn over a user’s phone number and IP address if it receives a request from authorities, according to its just-updated privacy policy:(screenshot)
More here:
https://www.rferl.org/a/telegram-durov-dsclosure-phones-ip-addresses-authorties/33131064.html
“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
https://t.me/durov/345
ICYMI
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/113170255120284835