To be fair, anyone that has used Telegram for a while know that this is just a mock option to fool regulators. You can report all you want; zero action is taken. There are dozens of accounts that joined groups I'm in to spam CSAM. We've reported them, kicked/banned them from the group. Months later you can look them up and they're still there and still active. They even post CSAM in their public (visible for everyone on their profile) stories.

The amount of obviously illegal content on Telegram makes it plain that, for all intents and purposes, it is an un-moderated platform. They sporadically moderate when there's serious pressure, but for the most part do nothing.

I tried to market something very small on Telegram and was surprised how fast my account got restricted.

Yes they do combat spam, but barely CSAM.

I’ve used tg daily for 7+ years and have never seen CSAM. What kind of groups are you in? Genuine question. I assume some sort of “teen” porn groups?

Absolutely not. This stuff happens in a lot of technology groups, custom ROM groups, even a small (but public) board game group got overrun with it once; multiple accounts posting dozens of CSAM videos/images in a minute after joining - kept going for a few weeks.

Any community allowing LGBT will soon be filled with CSAM.

Do yeah that includes ROM hacking, speed running, etc.

How would I even know if zero action is taken? I see shit and I report it. I don't see it again.

Because we saw the same accounts pop up in other groups sometimes weeks later, so we started to keep track of the usernames after banning them. If you check their profile it's easy to see that they are active months later.

Surely "anyone" doesn't follow up on accounts they report?