Telegram now shares users IP and phone number on legal requests

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valid legal requestppAccording to a newly updated privacy policy announced by CEO Pavel Durov on Monday Telegram will comply with such requests only after receiving a valid court order confirming that the user is a suspect in a criminal case that breaches the platforms Terms of ServiceppPreviously Telegrams policy limited sensitive user information sharing to cases involving terror suspectsppIf Telegram receives a valid order from the relevant judicial authorities that confirms youre a suspect in a case involving criminal activities that violate the Telegram Terms of Service we will perform a legal analysis of the request and may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities Durov said todayppIf any data is shared we will include such occurrences in a quarterly transparency report published at httpstmetransparencyppHowever Telegrams transparency submissions bot is not yet functional A message stating We are updating this bot with current data Please come back within the next few days implies that Telegram is still working on bringing it onlineppDurov also revealed that Telegram had improved its search feature which is known for widespread abuse to sell and promote illegal goods He said a dedicated team has been working over the last few weeks to remove problematic content from the platforms search resultsppUsers are urged to report illegal or unsafe material through the SearchReport bot and Telegram claims that a moderator team will review all reports of search terms that can be used to find illegal contentppppThese measures should discourage criminals Telegram Search is meant for finding friends and discovering news not for promoting illegal goods Durov added todayppWe wont let bad actors jeopardize the integrity of our platform for almost a billion usersppThe move comes after Durov the Russianborn founder and CEO of Telegram was arrested in France in connection with an investigation into Telegrams use for fraud drug trafficking and 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