Tag Archives: Telegram

After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is used by major online services to help them detect and remove CSAM, and prevent its spread. Telegram had …

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is offering free In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatments to women willing to use his sprm. His offer is an effort to help women struggling with infertility. Apart from offering sperm, Durov would also be paying for all IVF procedures through his partnership with the Altravita fertility clinic. We are happy to offer you a unique opportunity! Only in our …

The messaging app Telegram has said it will hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities who have search warrants or other valid legal requests. The change to its terms of service and privacy policy “should discourage criminals”, CEO Pavel Durov said in a Telegram post on Monday. “While 99.999% of Telegram users have nothing to do with …

BBC A picture posted to one of the drugs channels by a member About nine months ago while researching a story, I found myself added to a large Telegram channel which was focused on selling drugs. I was then added to one about hacking and then one about stolen credit cards. I realised my Telegram settings had made it possible …