A New York Times evaluation of greater than 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,000 channels discovered that the messaging platform has been “inundated” with unlawful and extremist exercise.
Specifically, The Times discovered 1,500 channels operated by white supremacists, two dozen channels promoting weapons, and no less than 22 channels the place MDMA, cocaine, heroin and different medication had been marketed for supply.
The firm’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France final month, with authorities alleging that Telegram’s lack of content material moderation made Durov an confederate to criminal activity on the platform.
The platform subsequently up to date its web site to permit abuse reviews, and Durov has been posting on his Telegram channel, arguing, “Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach.”
