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Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store
The illegal material was allegedly planted in an old post.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said an extortionist planted child sexual abuse material in a public chat to force Apple to remove the app from its App Store. He posted on X that Apple removed Telegram before contacting the company. The removal occurred on Monday night. Durov blamed the extortionist for the incident.
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