📰 My previous post seemed like it was announcing a big change in how Telegram works. But in reality, not much has changed.

🌐 Since 2018, Telegram has been able to disclose criminals' IP addresses/phone numbers to authorities, according to our Privacy Policy in most countries.

⚖️ Whenever we receive a properly made legal request through the relevant communication channels, we verify and disclose the IP address/phone number of dangerous criminals. This process has been in place since long before last week.

🤖 Our @transparency bot proves exactly that. It shows the number of requests processed for user data.

✉️ For example, in Brazil, we disclosed data for 75 legal requests in Q1 (January-March) 2024, 63 requests in Q2, and 65 requests in Q3. In India, our largest market, we resolved 2,461 legal requests in Q1, 2,151 requests in Q2, and 2,380 requests in Q3.

📈 In Europe, the number of valid legal requests we received in Q3 increased. This increase is due to many EU agencies starting to use the correct contact line for their requests, which is required by EU DSA law. Information about this contact point has been publicly available to anyone who has viewed the Telegram website or Googled “EU Telegram address for law enforcement” since the beginning of 2024.

🤝 To reduce confusion, last week we streamlined and unified our privacy policies across different countries. But our core principles remain the same. We always strive to comply with relevant local laws — as long as they don’t violate our values ​​of freedom and privacy.

🛡 Telegram was built to protect activists and ordinary people from corrupt governments and corporations — we don't allow criminals to abuse our platform or escape justice.

DYOR! #Write2Win #Write&Earn #Write2Learn #Write2Earn!