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Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by cryptonector on Sunday August 25, 2024 @01:20AM (#41344608)
> But when an account is flagged for spam, Telegram rapidly responds [...]

In my experience it's the channel's admins who respond, not Telegram's.

If that's the case then CSAM not getting actioned is probably just channel admins allowing content that they approve of.

Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by panarky on Sunday August 25, 2024 @01:46PM (#41349432)
In my experience, CSAM accounts get flagged many times, channel owners remove the account from their channels, but the account continues to post the material elsewhere.
Re:Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport by cryptonector on Sunday August 25, 2024 @07:01PM (#41352278)
This wouldn't surprise me in the least. My guess is that Telegram just doesn't put much effort into busting either spam or CSAM. They let channel admins do it.

I suspect that Telegram could put significantly more effort into CSAM suppression and enforcement, but I seriously doubt this is really what's up with the French arrest of Durov.