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Apple says it temporarily removed Telegram after its review found CSAM content that violated the App Store’s strict safety guidelines.
The app was restored after Telegram promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it.
Telegram then pushed back, asking whether Apple would apply the same standard equally to every other app, while linking to its public Safety Overview.
According to Telegram’s live transparency page, the platform has blocked 337,942 CSAM-related groups and channels in 2026 so far, alongside nearly 22 MILLION groups and channels blocked across all violation categories this year.
Telegram says it maintains a ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY, automatically checks public images against databases of known illegal material and publishes daily transparency reports on removals.
The app’s brief removal now appears to have been a content moderation enforcement issue.
Now Telegram wants to know whether Apple will enforce the same standard equally across every other major platform.
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Forwarded from Pavel Durov (Pavel Durov)
Last night, Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store because a single user had planted illegal pornographic content in a public group chat.
⬅️ Telegram was restored within hours. But I want to explain what happened — to warn other app developers and help protect online communities from similar attacks.
🧹Because Telegram quickly removes illegal content from public groups using all kinds of moderation tools, the attacker had to resort to a technical trick. He inserted AI-modified illegal content by editing an old message in an active group chat. As a result, the content was effectively hidden from the group’s members, preventing them from seeing and promptly reporting it.
💰 The attacker was a takedown extortionist: someone who demands ransom from group owners in exchange for not targeting their communities. These extortionists use automated accounts to plant illegal content in public groups and then report it directly to Apple, attempting to trigger the removal of legitimate communities whose owners refused to pay them.
🤝 From a practical standpoint, illegal pornographic content in Telegram’s public groups is not a systemic problem. Our moderation is efefctive. The fact that attackers must resort to backdated, effectively invisible content and other technical tricks proves this.
⚠️ However, there are two important lessons here for app developers and online communities:
— Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting. Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us. This creates a potential systemic risk for every mobile app that hosts user-generated content. If an app used by more than a billion people can be removed from the App Store without prior warning, any app can be.
— The tactics used by takedown extortionists are evolving, putting communities across social platforms at risk. Telegram has extensive experience identifying the tricks used by coordinated reporting gangs and protecting legitimate communities (even when doing so risks our own app being temporarily removed from the App Store). Other platforms may not be equally prepared.
Stay vigilant! ☝️
🧹Because Telegram quickly removes illegal content from public groups using all kinds of moderation tools, the attacker had to resort to a technical trick. He inserted AI-modified illegal content by editing an old message in an active group chat. As a result, the content was effectively hidden from the group’s members, preventing them from seeing and promptly reporting it.
🤝 From a practical standpoint, illegal pornographic content in Telegram’s public groups is not a systemic problem. Our moderation is efefctive. The fact that attackers must resort to backdated, effectively invisible content and other technical tricks proves this.
⚠️ However, there are two important lessons here for app developers and online communities:
— Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting. Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us. This creates a potential systemic risk for every mobile app that hosts user-generated content. If an app used by more than a billion people can be removed from the App Store without prior warning, any app can be.
— The tactics used by takedown extortionists are evolving, putting communities across social platforms at risk. Telegram has extensive experience identifying the tricks used by coordinated reporting gangs and protecting legitimate communities (even when doing so risks our own app being temporarily removed from the App Store). Other platforms may not be equally prepared.
Stay vigilant! ☝️
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Telegram Safety Overview
Discover how Telegram enforces safety through proactive moderation, AI tools, user reports, and collaborations with global organizations. Explore efforts against CSAM, terrorism, and illegal content with ongoing transparency.
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🚨BREAKING - GOMC ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
During the month of July, in support of our mandate to provide liquidity and pump your bags, the Groyper Open Market Committee conducted market operations to acquire 726,603 tokens, totaling 1.45% of supply. This brings total open market acquisitions to 5,145,425 $GROYP or 10.29% of total supply.
Our commitment to $GROYP and the broader TON ecosystem remains unwavering.
During the month of July, in support of our mandate to provide liquidity and pump your bags, the Groyper Open Market Committee conducted market operations to acquire 726,603 tokens, totaling 1.45% of supply. This brings total open market acquisitions to 5,145,425 $GROYP or 10.29% of total supply.
July Market Operations cost $25,722 and the tokens acquired are now valued at over $41,000 for a profit of nearly 60%
Our commitment to $GROYP and the broader TON ecosystem remains unwavering.
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