The messaging app Telegram has said it will hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities who have search warrants or other valid legal requests.
The change to its terms of service and privacy policy “should discourage criminals”, CEO Pavel Durov said in a Telegram post on Monday.
“While 99.999% of Telegram users have nothing to do with crime, the 0.001% involved in illicit activities create a bad image for the entire platform, putting the interests of our almost billion users at risk,” he continued.
The announcement marks a significant reversal for Mr Durov, the platform’s Russian-born co-founder who was detained by French authorities last month at an airport just north of Paris.
“Telegram’s marketing as a platform that would resist government demands attracted people that wanted to feel safe sharing their political views in places like Russia, Belarus, and the Middle East,” Mr Scott-Railton said.
“Many are now scrutinizing Telegram’s announcement with a basic question in mind: does this mean the platform will start cooperating with authorities in repressive regimes?”
Telegram has not given much clarity on how the company will handle the demands from leaders of such regimes in the future, he added.
Cybersecurity experts say that while Telegram has removed some groups in the past, it has a far weaker system of moderating extremist and illegal content than competing social media companies and messenger apps.
Before the recent policy expansion, Telegram would only supply information on terror suspects, according to 404 Media.
Tag: mind control
Ron Unz: Analyzing the Holocaust
CIA’s MK-Ultra Infiltration of Media — ROBERT SEPEHR
Seems many/most influencers have similar backgrounds or similarly compromised positions. ‘The best way to control the opposition is to lead it’ — Vladimir Lenin. ABN
Kamala rallies analysis — bussed in, repeat attendees, 90% fake
‘Ryan Wesley Routh is a patsy groomed by the CIA and trained at Fort Bragg’ — Ex-CIA Agent | Redacted
UPDATE: ‘There’s no hesitation on the part of the Democrats to preserve what they have… to killing more than one person‘ — Ex-CIA Michael Scheuer explaining why the next attempt(s) on Trump’s life may involve bombs and may kill his family or close associates. This is a very good interview. Scheuer pulls no punches and has the background and wisdom to know whereof he speaks. ABN
Mind-control explained: Behavior leads the mind, even forced behavior
Filing this one under both ‘anti-science’ and ‘science’ because the vaxxes were pure anti-science but the mind-control and behavior modifications are very well based in behavioral science. ABN
After Overwhelming Pro-Trump Polling, Teamsters Will Not Endorse Any Candidate For First Time Since 1996
The Teamsters announced on Wednesday that they will not endorse any candidate for president after a shocking internal poll found that more than half of Teamsters members back former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.
One of the largest unions in the country which endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election, the Teamsters found that 58% of members polled back Trump vs. 31% for Harris.
This marks the first time since 1996 that the union hasn’t endorsed a candidate.
The Great Replacement of the American worker — Peter St Onge
Last week’s job report showed a shocking 1.3 million drop in jobs for native-born workers.
Replaced almost precisely by 1.2 million jobs for foreign-born workers — many in the country illegally.
Every policy always generates harm for USA, no exceptions. Same is true for Europe and the collective West. Every policy generates harm, weakens the populations, replaces them, mocks them. Once you see the pattern, it reveals how and why this is happening and indicates infiltration by non-Western peoples who hate the West and now control it. ABN
Uncontrolled mass immigration is an act of war. Controlled mass immigration is treason. ABN
American Buddhist Net 
