Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, announced that the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violated the rules of the platform will be transferred to law enforcement agencies. The entrepreneur assured that this will be done only in response to legitimate legitimate requests. Also, the messenger has updated its privacy policy in accordance with the requirements of international law.

Pavel Durov made a statement for the first time after his arrest in France. He informed that Telegram is ready to cooperate with many countries, but will not give up its principles.

In South Korea, Telegram is suspected of facilitating the distribution of obscene videos made using the images of teenagers using deepfaking technology. According to the head of the National Criminal Investigation Agency, Seoul intends to cooperate with the French government and various international organizations in the Telegram investigation.

A man who wrote a comment on a Telegram channel post about the ambassador of Israel who is ending his diplomatic mission in Uzbekistan was summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He "disobeyed the legal requirements of the employees and cursed" near the office building. For this, the man was imprisoned for 10 days.