š¢ Pavel Durov announced an update to Telegramās platform privacy policy. What do you think?
Big news, Telegramās policy is about to change! Bloomberg reported on September 23 that according to the legal requirements of the authorities, Telegram must cooperate in handing over usersā private information!
This move means that the social platform that was previously known for its privacy protection will now begin to share users' IP addresses and phone numbers with the authorities.
Telegramās CEO Pavel Durov recently announced the big news and updated the platformās terms and conditions. This is a big change, because Telegram has been criticized by the authorities in the past for not disclosing user information.
In addition to the policy updates, they also launched new moderation tools for AI and human moderators to identify and remove inappropriate content. Durov also called on everyone to actively report illegal or harmful content to ensure that the platform can handle it in a timely manner.
Despite this, Telegram users can still use privacy features such as end-to-end encryption and automatic disappearing messages, and they emphasize that so far, no user information has been leaked to third parties, including government authorities.
It is worth noting that this move was a new decision that had to be announced after Durov was deeply involved in legal problems! At the end of August, he was arrested by French authorities and charged with 12 criminal offenses including drug trafficking, child exploitation and money laundering. However, he denied the accusations and Telegram insisted that it complied with European law.
Although French President Macron later stated that the arrest was not politically motivated and was only part of a judicial investigation. But there are also speculations that this is a political attack on Durov and Telegram.
š§ So, what do you think of Telegramās policy change? Do you think this change will affect its user base? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment area!
