The Telegram combines the anonymity of the dark web with the ease of use of an online marketplace. In many democratic countries, patience with implementation has run out.

Telegram is now in the process of changes, after the arrest of its founder, Pavel Durovin France. The platform, which until now did not cooperate effectively with authorities on TV piracy issues, is making upgrades to meet legal demands and protect copyright. Durov’s arrest and the charges he faced appeared to be the springboard for major improvements, with Telegram pledging to hand over information about offenders to authorities (such as ips and phone numbers) and remove illegal content more quickly.

Sports content rights holders in France, as well as in other countries, have seen a significant reduction in TV piracy and faster removal of illegal streams. Users who watch illegal sports broadcasts on Telegram should be careful, as changes in the platform’s policy indicate a shift towards greater transparency and compliance with the authorities. At the same time, pirated services are now dealt with more quickly, with Telegram blocking illegal streams in minutes instead of hours. All this, of course, because the correlations of the flow of subscription piracy money with organized crime, drug trafficking and trafficking have been proven.

26,000 Telegram group chat end users in custody for illegal sharing of pay TV signal.

A typical example in Greece, the arrest of a 54-year-old man in Evia by the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate last December, for group distribution of pirated content to 26,000 Telegram group chat end users who are now being investigated by the authorities.

The use of pirated services now carries greater risks, while the data of these users can now be disclosed to the authorities following official prosecutorial requests. This development is a reminder that participating in such activities is not safe and may result in legal consequences.

How the New York Times analyzed 3.2 million Telegram messages and 16,000 group chats

Telegram has become a global cesspool of criminal activity, disinformation, child sexual abuse material, terrorism and racist incitement, according to a four-month New York Times investigation published a few days ago that analyzed more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from more than 16,000 channels.

The company, which offers features that allow criminals, terrorists and criminals to organize at scale and bypass control by authorities, has looked the other way as illegal and extremist activities have.