Telegram encrypted messaging will cooperate more with the judiciary by agreeing to share “IP addresses” and “phone numbers”

2024-09-23 17:33:30

From now on, “The IP addresses and mobile phone numbers of those who violate our rules can be disclosed to the authorities in response to valid legal requests,” announced Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.

Telegram has revised its moderation rules in order to cooperate more with the judicial authorities, on Monday said that the founder and chief of the application Pavel Durov, has been sued in France for publishing illegal content on his platform. “We have clarified that the IP addresses and mobile phone numbers of those who violate our laws may be provided to authorities in response to valid legal requests.”announced Pavel Durov on his Telegram channel.

Founded in 2013, the messaging service, which has always said to respect European laws, has pledged from its beginnings to never reveal information about its users. The previous rules now provide only for cooperation with the courts in the case where a user is declared “suspect of terrorist activities” about the snake.

Arrested at the end of August in France, Pavel Durov was charged with several crimes linked to his messaging app and was banned from leaving French territory. In a long message on his platform at the beginning of September, the billionaire of 39 years judged “surprise” to be responsible for content posted by other people. Pavel Durov, however, knows that the sharp increase in the number of Telegram users – which is estimated at 950 million worldwide – has created a situation of “make it easier for criminals to abuse our platform”. The boss promised to moderate his posting “pride”announces on September 6 the first round of measures intended to strengthen it.

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Among the new features introduced by Pavel Durov, the arrival of community service “Businesses are close”which will be alone “Legal and reliable companies”instead “Man is near” which allows you to contact nearby users.