Apple may be forced to remove Telegram from the App Store

According to The Washington Post, the American non-profit organization Coalition for a Safer Web is demanding the removal of the Telegram messenger from the Apple App Store.

Yesterday, the Coalition for a Safer Web organization filed a lawsuit, in which the Telegram leadership is accused of not fighting the messenger in any way against calls for violence and messages with extremist content. In particular, the situation with the storming of the US Capitol in early January is mentioned. The lawsuit says it violates Apple’s App Store Terms of Service.

Apple may be forced to remove Telegram from the App Store

In this regard, the plaintiffs demand to remove Telegram from the App Store. It is also reported that Coalition for a Safer Web plans to ask the court to remove Telegram from the Google Play store as well. Recall that in the latter case, Android users always have the opportunity to download applications from other sources. IOS users don’t have this option.

Pavel Durov said that in the first week of January, Telegram’s active user base exceeded 500 million people a month. As of January 12, 25 million new users joined Telegram within 72 hours.

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