Telegram U-turns on privacy policy by providing user phone numbers to police
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Telegram has introduced a major update to its privacy policy that will see the messaging app share user data with authorities in response to legal requests. We won’t let bad actors jeopardise the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users.” View more The investigation that led to Mr Durov’s arrest remains ongoing, with a police spokesperson saying that it related to a lack of compliance with cyber and financial crimes allegedly conducted on Telegram. “It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” a company spokesperson said following Mr Durov’s arrest. The tech billionaire rejected claims that Telegram was “some sort of anarchic paradise”, though admitted following his release from custody that a surge in users “caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform”.
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