Apparently, the operators of the controversial messenger Telegram have changed their minds. As has now become known, Telegram no longer resists deletion requests from German authorities. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, 370 contents have been removed. Telegram also releases user data.
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Telegram deletes content after BKA requests
Contrary to what the operators of Telegram have announced so far, they no longer refuse deletion requests from German authorities. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, the messenger, which is based in Dubai, removed content after it had previously been asked to do so. It should be around by early September 392 prompts acted, which was also followed in 370 cases (source: Tagesschau).
Another message might be even more surprising for some Messenger users. Although the operators repeatedly assert that user data would not be passed on to the authorities, that is exactly what happened in Germany. According to the BKA, there were 202 requests for information, in which Telegram responded in 64 cases and in 25 cases data was forwarded to the authorities Has. These are said to be names and telephone numbers associated with Islamist terrorism and child sexual abuse.
According to the Federal Government, Telegram is a social network that is subject to the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG). At the beginning of the year Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser publicly threatened to do soto have the app switched off in Germany as a last resort. Only then did Telegram respond to contact attempts for the first time.
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Telegram: 700 million users, no company sign
New searches of the public service format STRG_F is Telegram cannot be found at the company address in Dubai. It would be a bogus address, the actual headquarters were a few kilometers from the specified location. But even at the probably actual address, Telegram did not attract attention with a company sign or a contact option.