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Telegram founder Pavel Durov says platform will share more information with law enforcement.
Telegram’s search feature “has been misused by people who violated our terms of service to sell illegal goods,” Durov said. Durov was arrested in France in August on charges of failing to act against criminals using the app..
Durov explained that the company will now provide the relevant authorities with the phone numbers and IP addresses of people who violate the platform’s rules in response to valid legal requests. He added: “These measures should deter criminals.”».
“Telegram Search is for finding friends and discovering news, not for promoting illegal goods. We will not allow bad actors to jeopardize the integrity of our platform for the sake of our nearly 1 billion users,” he continued.».
Durov, 39, was arrested on August 25 in France and is currently out on bail but banned from leaving the country..
In a statement issued after Durov’s arrest, Telegram stressed that the online messaging service complies with EU laws and has not violated any regulations..
