Telegram has been in the eye of the storm for some time now due to the lack of moderation within the platform. In it you can find groups and channels for everything that happens to you, to the point that It has served to organize pirates, extremist groups, pedophiles and more. The detail? The developers never bothered to put a stop to this, until now.
A few days ago, Telegram CEO Pável Dúrov was arrested in France for an investigation into this issue. This caused a stir around the world, but it seems that this is the case the straw that broke the camel’s back so that changes could begin to take place. The champion? Now Telegram will review your private chats to moderate contentif someone reports your messages. Does this mean that privacy has been lost? We’ll tell you.
Your private chats won’t stop being private, but Telegram will now moderate messages that get reported
On the afternoon of Thursday 5th September Telegram CEO Releases First Public Statement After Arrest. in it undertakes to moderate the contents sent through the platform as best as possible and that he will take it as a personal goal.
This is a curious change of tone for Dúrov, as he had previously assured on several occasions that his company “has nothing to hide.” However, it is something positive to stop illegalities committed via Telegram and the best thing is this The changes began to take effect immediately..
The evidence? If you check the page Telegram “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ)you will find some changes that weren’t there a few days ago.
The first one is that The phrase that guaranteed the protection of private chats is no longer there and that “we do not process any requests relating to them”. Additionally, there is a new section titled “There is illegal content on Telegram. How do I remove it?”.
Within this section the process to follow is indicated, which guarantees it All Telegram chats have a report button the content that you consider illegal. In doing so, you will have to indicate what your reasons are and moderators will be notified to review it and take action.
This has raised suspicions among some users, who say they feel unsafe about the privacy of their chats. In response, A Telegram spokesperson named Remi Vaughn noted the following: when contacted by The limit:
“In Telegram it has always been possible to report messages from any group to moderators, which works like a forward. Private chats remain private, but you can always report an incoming message to the moderators. through the “Block > Report” section. “Anyone can look at Telegram’s source code (which is open) and see that no changes have been made.”
“The change to the FAQ only clarifies how to report content on Telegram. “The deleted text was never related to the content complaint.”
As you will see, When someone reports a message, it is forwarded to Telegram moderators. as a completely independent message, without access to the rest of the chat. So, your chats will not be monitored by Telegram, so you will have nothing to worry about if you are not doing anything wrong.
