Telegram uses AI to block millions of illegal channels

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Telegram uses AI to block millions of illegal channels

The platform's CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France earlier this year for failing to stop criminal activity on the site. Read more: Telegram uses AI to block millions of illegal channels

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Telegram Launches World's First 'Mass Surveillance' Program Using AI

Telegram has launched the world’s first ‘mass surveillance’ program using AI to spy on its users and report ‘harmful’ content to government authorities. Following Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France earlier this year, the [...] The post Telegram Launches World’s First ‘Mass Surveillance’ Program Using AI appeared first on The People's Voice.

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In the second half of the year, the messaging app Telegram has been under a lot of pressure to clean up its platform of various harmful content after the arrest of the platform's founder Pavel Durov. Durov was arrested in France in late August, and since September, Telegram has been cleaning up its service. The assistants use artificial intelligence, which in 2024 has already allowed it to get rid of 15.4 million different...

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Telegram Promotes Extremism, New Study Reveals - Pakistan Live News

A 3D printed Telegram logo is pictured on a keyboard in front of binary code in this illustration taken September 24, 2021. — Reuters Telegram has come under scrutiny for its role in promoting extremist content, according to a recent study from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) shared exclusively with the BBC.  The report, Telegram’s Toxic Recommendations, revealed that Telegram’s “similar channels” feature, which was introduced last year,…

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Telegram Launches World’s First ‘Mass Surveillance’ Program Using AI

Telegram has launched the world’s first ‘mass surveillance’ program using AI to spy on its users and report ‘harmful’ content to government authorities. Following Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest in France earlier this year, the messaging platform has taken a sudden U-turn from ‘protecting privacy’ to ‘censoring users’. Techcrunch.com reports: After announcing a crackdown in September, Telegram now says it has removed 15.4 million grou…

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Telegram has documented its successes against illegal content on a new moderation page. The service now also works with standard block lists.