Last week, Durov said Telegram would provide the IP addresses and phone numbers of rule violators to relevant authorities in an effort to discourage "bad actors" from "jeopardizing the integrity" of the platform. In recent weeks, Telegram moderators have used artificial intelligence to make the platform’s search feature "much safer" and have made problematic content inaccessible, Durov said in a post last week. The founder of the popular messaging app Telegram stated that the recently announced updates to the platform’s terms of service don’t represent a big change in how it interacts with law enforcement, as the company has been disclosing criminal data to authorities for years. According to Durov, his previous announcement was meant to highlight that Telegram "has streamlined and unified" its privacy policy across different countries. In the latest statement, he explained that the practice of disclosing the IP addresses and phone numbers of "dangerous criminals" had been in place long before last week. Some criminals have even discussed creating a custom messaging platform using Telegram’s graphical user interface (GUI) as a foundation to continue their activities with less risk of exposure, according to a report by the Israel-based software company Kela. Hacktivist groups such as Ghosts of Palestine, RipperSec and Al Ahad have either declared their intentions to leave Telegram or have already begun setting up backup channels on the Discord or Signal apps.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:09 +0000