This year Telegram has fulfilled more than a dozen law enforcement data requests from the U.S., potentially disclosing the IP address or phone number of more than one hundred users, according to the social media platform.
The news is the first glimpse into Telegram’s policy shift around providing data to law enforcement agencies. Historically, Telegram has gained a reputation for not cooperating with the authorities on criminal investigations. After the arrest of Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov by French police in August, the company changed its privacy policy to expand data requests from only applying to terror cases to crimes more broadly.
California teen pleads guilty to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US | CNN
A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and...
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