The social media platform changed its policies in September and began responding to law enforcement requests at significantly higher rates than it had previously.

After its CEO was arrested last summer, Telegram has been increasingly sharing user data at the request of authorities.

The messaging app handed over user data on thousands of Telegram users to U.S. authorities over 2024, the data reveals.

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive officer of the messaging app, was arrested in Paris last August over criminal content posted by users on his platform.

Telegram founder's arrest appears to have had one significant impact: worrying those using the platform for child exploitation.

Telegram has fulfilled 900 requests from U.S. authorities for user information in 2024, with an increase following the arrest of its CEO.

Telegram has dramatically increased data-sharing with law enforcement following a policy shift after CEO Pavel Durov's arrest.

Messaging service Telegram passed vastly more data on its users to French authorities in the second half of 2024 following founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in

From January to the end of September, Telegram complied with 14 requests from the United States for user data, affecting a total of 108 users. Numbers jumped to 900 fulfilled requ

Newly released transparency data from the Telegram messaging platform has revealed a sharp increase in the number of user data requests fulfilled over the past year.

Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing the phone number or IP address information of 2,253 users with law enforcement.