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The government is investigating Telegram over its alleged misuse in criminal activities such as extortion and gambling,
According to the report ... a government official said, We tallied the questions with the original UGC-NET questions and they matched… All these activities took place on Telegram these days. It is a challenge to track the complex nature of Telegram without a high level investigation.”
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the issue, stating One of the most rampant scams on Telegram is investment fraud in which a user is added to a group and is suggested to invest their money in stocks on a fake application which mirrors a legitimate stock trading app,
Other illegitimate activities on Telegram include being able to buy fake sim cards and share your bank account details with cyber fraudsters operating from abroad. Those who provide account details get a commission from the fraudsters.”
The officer further elaborated on other illicit activities It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform”.
The company, in reiterating a position it has held previously, said on Monday To my knowledge, the platform was being misused by some accounts for promoting obscenity and to violate copyright. Lack of proactive content moderation had per se been lacking,
Whenever we reach out to them, they respond with the last login’s IP address which is often of little help.”
The Delhi Police officer said No transparency report is available for your region.”
Attempts to obtain transparency reports for India from Telegram’s @transparency bot were met with the response Telegram was, on occasions, reluctant to cooperate though it did appoint an India-based grievance officer, chief compliance officer and nodal contact person, and opened an office in India [Gurugram], following the notification of IT Rules 2021. They would generally comply with Section 69A blocking orders but in few other cases, where the Ministry would forward the grievances as received, they were unwilling to comply even if the content appeared to be potentially illegal and harmful, or led to such URLs,
The basic question here is are there any complaints, is there similar situation in India, and what is the status, and what action is required,
In light of what has happened in France, IT Ministry has asked Ministry of Home Affairs to check on complaints pending against Telegram and what action can be taken."
Everything on Telegram, including chats, groups, media, etc is encrypted using a combination of 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie-Hellman secure key,
the company says, and that’s true We're currently happy with Dubai, although are ready to relocate again if local regulations change,
Telegram abides by EU laws … its moderation is within industry standards and constantly improving."
A company statement on Telegram on Sunday seems to underpin this