Zack Whittaker reports:
Newly released data from messaging app Telegram reveals a sharp rise in the number of data demands it fulfilled over the past year for users’ data from requesting law enforcement agencies.
The rise in fulfilled user requests comes months after French authorities arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in August in part for the company’s long-standing refusal to provide user data in response to a child exploitation investigation. Soon after Durov’s arrest, Telegram appeared to relax its policy on how it handles abuse reports.
Telegram’s latest transparency data — requestable only with a Telegram account and limited to the region where the requesting user is located — shows the messaging app handed over phone numbers and IP addresses to U.S. authorities on 900 occasions during 2024, affecting 2,253 Telegram users.
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