Telegram Will Be More Open To Law And Use AI To Fight Negative Content

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JAKARTA - Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said that they would provide IP addresses and phone numbers to the relevant legal authorities if there was a valid legal request for this.

First reported by Bloomberg, the messaging platform is notoriously non-responsive to requests for removal from governments around the world, and often ignores requests for information about criminals.

This change in policy requests for data was also followed by several change in service policy, which is expected to narrow the space for criminals on its platform.

The move comes less than a month after his arrest in France, in which Durov faces allegations of involvement in the spread of child sexual abuse material, and other crimes on Telegram.

So, now Telegram is starting to use artificial intelligence (AI) to make searches on Telegram more secure. Thus, all problematic content that we identify in Search is no longer accessible.

Because, the search on Telegram can be said to be more sophisticated than other messaging applications, where this feature allows users to find public and bot channels.

"Unfortunately, this feature has been misused by people who violate our Terms of Service to sell illegal goods," Durov said in his broadcast channel on Telegram on Monday, September 23.

Durov hopes these steps can prevent criminals. Because according to him, the search for Telegram is meant to find friends and find news, not to promote illegal goods.

"We will not allow criminals to jeopardize the integrity of our platform which is owned by nearly a billion users," Durov concluded.