2024-08-28
Telegram had the chance to work with the @IWFhotline, @NCMEC & @CdnChildProtect to stop child sexual abuse spreading on the platform. “We have the tools. Failure to stop this content is an active & deliberate choice,” says IWF deputy CEO Heidi Kempster. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
Politico
French administrative document: alongside Pavel Durov, French authorities issued an arrest warrant for his Telegram co-founder and brother Nikolai in March 2024
PARIS — French authorities issued arrest warrants for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and his co-founder brother Nikolai in March …
Telegram had the chance to work with the @IWFhotline, @NCMEC & @CdnChildProtect to stop child sexual abuse spreading on the platform. “We have the tools. Failure to stop this content is an active & deliberate choice,” says IWF deputy CEO Heidi Kempster. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
NBC News
US-based child safety group NCMEC, Canada-based CCCP, and UK-based IWF say their outreach to Telegram to flag CSAM on the platform has largely been ignored
Telegram's CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of “complicity” in distributing child sexual abuse material.
2023-12-07
The @IWFhotline is outraged Meta has chosen to prioritise the privacy of paedophiles over the safety of our children. We strongly urge other platforms not to follow this dreadful example.
The Verge
Meta rolls out end-to-end encryption to Messenger by default for one-on-one chats and calls, fulfilling a yearslong promise; E2EE for group chats remains opt-in
Meta is now rolling out end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook, finally fulfilling …
2023-09-20
“We urge companies looking to introduce end-to-end encryption to their services to think carefully about the impact on younger, vulnerable users,” said Susie Hargreaves, CEO of the @IWFhotline. https://www.politico.eu/...
TechCrunch
The UK's parliament passes the Online Safety Bill, in the works since 2019, paving the way for Royal Assent and the bill becoming law in the coming days
Controversial UK legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services …