Before Telegram’s CEO was arrested in France, the app had gained a reputation for ignoring advocacy groups fighting child exploitation. Three of those groups, the U.S.-based National Center for ...

Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of ...

Telegram, which for years has had a reputation as a platform used to trade child sexual abuse material, has for the first time agreed to partner with a larger international watch group to combat ...

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 ...

In a significant reversal, the company changed its policies, and it will now turn over Telegram user IP addresses and phone numbers to law enforcement agencies in response to valid legal requests.

Telegram will now hand over the data of users who violate their rules when requested by authorities, CEO Pavel Durov announced Monday. The changes come nearly a month after Durov was detained and ...

Nepal blocks Telegram amid rising online fraud and money laundering concerns, citing the app's involvement in serious crimes and lack of cooperation with authorities.

Telegram has updated its privacy policy, which now says it will disclose a user’s IP address and phone number if the company receives a request from authorities.