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Telegram fined nearly $1m by Australian watchdog for delay in reporting about terrorism and child abuse material

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Telegram took 160 days to provide information, with the delay obstructing online safety scrutineer from doing its job, commissioner says

Encrypted messaging app Telegram has been fined nearly $1m by Australia’s online safety regulator for failing to respond on time to questions about what the company does to tackle terrorism and child abuse material on its platform.

The notice was issued to Telegram, among other companies, in May last year, with a deadline to report back in October on steps taken to address terrorist and violent extremism material, as well as child exploitation material on its platform.

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Rise in vigilante attacks in US highlight growing online DIY terrorism resources

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Availability of manuals and instructions on less moderated apps and forums is making extremist content accessible

A spate of recent vigilante and extremist attacks in the US have highlighted how the booming availability of internet resources is a growing national security concern.

Experts and world governments have been sounding the alarm on digital radicalization as accessibility to materials such as assassination manuals, files for 3D printed guns, or something as simple as ChatGPT grows.

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Telegram’s Pavel Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content after arrest

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Platform with millions of subscribers discloses a more proactive approach to reporting infringers to authorities

Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said Monday that the messaging platform had removed more “problematic content” and would take a more proactive approach to complying with government requests. The announcement comes weeks after his arrest in France on charges of failing to act against criminals using the app.

Telegram’s search feature “has been abused by people who violated our terms of service to sell illegal goods”, Durov told the 13 million subscribers of his personal messaging channel.

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Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app

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Pavel Durov, who has French citizenship, faces prosecution over alleged failure to suppress spread of sexual images of children and calls for violence

The head of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged by the French judiciary for allegedly allowing criminal activity on the messaging app but avoided jail with a €5m bail.

The Russian-born multi-billionaire, who has French citizenship, was granted release on condition that he report to a police station twice a week and remain in France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

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