Telegram snitched on 2,000 users to US authorities in 2024, report
Telegram snitched on 2,000 users to US authorities in 2024, report Messaging app Telegram has drastically ramped up its fulfillment of data requests, handing over details of more than 2,000 users to US authorities in 2024. This is according to recently released data from the messaging platform. As reported by 404 Media, Telegram fulfilled 14 requests “for IP addresses and/or phone numbers” from the US between January 1 and September 30, last year. These requests affected a total of 108 users, according to Telegram’s Transparency Reports bot. However, the rest of 2024 saw the platform comply with 900 US-based requests that affected a total of 2,253 users. The massive increase in fulfillment comes in the wake of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in August after the company was reluctant to cooperate with a child abuse investigation. Shortly after Durov was arrested, the company updated its privacy policy to clarify that it would provide IP addresse...