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Telegram as a platform is unfortunately not that concerned with regulating this content, as its founder and CEO Pavel Durov has made clear many times,
Technological solutions will be the identification of bot activity and bot accounts in the more mainstream platforms such as Meta, Instagram, TikTok, and X,
Hamas, for instance, has circulated violent videos showcasing attacks on civilians and Israeli troops via its Telegram channels,
Palestinian terrorist organizations have demonstrated remarkable sophistication in their use of these platforms,
Terror groups have accustomed audiences to that by using their channels as the primary form of communication. This is an unprecedented normalization of consuming terrorist-produced content and information, which inherently is extremist and borderline propaganda in many cases. It is a concerning tool for coordination of extremism—recruitment, operations, and more.”
Hamas used Telegram to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives—or would it endanger more lives?"
In a statement from October 23, Durov stated We will always favor the least restrictive measure possible to sustain a safe digital environment and decisively address malicious content,
the online statement said It’s pretty obvious that anti-Israeli entities worldwide are winning this race,
We should be extra careful and aware of the reputation of the platforms that we use in our daily lives,
We conducted a study on how to make a decent messenger so that it could handle everything and be on par with WhatsApp. So we decided to use TamTam as a basis,
explained one of the Verstka sources