Yesterday Facebook took down all crypto-gambling adverts. There is a duty of care to not be the company responsible for making your customers crypto bag-holders. The gig is up with crypto in its current scam incarnation.

Are you saying that Facebook is responsible to make decisions for us - because all it takes is one advertisement to override the average human's discipline and self control?

The advertisements are just what they sell. As the platform owners, they can do a lot more in terms of information curation.

Facebook taking down cryptocurrency gambling ads is much different than Apple removing a general purpose instant messenger. You're finding a connection you want to find, I'm guessing based on your knowledge of PnD groups being on Telegram, that being your sole exposure to Telegram, and your opinion on cryptocurrency.

Apple is very conservative with adult content which I consider the far more likely reason, be that buggy image search, some kind of trending view that porn snuck into, that kind of thing.

It's just not worth it financially for Apple to assume that liability.

Think about what you're suggesting.

Telegram isn't even responsible for what people send using their service as long as they take reasonable steps towards stopping abuse. Apple has no liability here at all.

Apple got sued for encryption-related reasons. In theory these types of lawsuit don't stop after one time.

Anytime you submit an app to the App Store you have to check a box that asks if you're complying with all necessary encryption export laws. In theory, those laws could change in the future and they just simply won't let you publish apps using strong encryption.

Y'all are right, there a probably very could counterarguments to that, but I don't think that makes Apple potentially any less liable.