Telegram blocks ‘dozens’ of hardcore hate channels threatening violence – By Taylor Hatmaker (Techcrunch) / January 13, 2021
With many social networks suddenly reevaluating their policies in light of recent political violence in the U.S., the popular messaging app Telegram has begun chipping away at an organized network of neo-Nazi and white supremacist accounts flourishing on the platform.
Telegram confirmed to TechCrunch that it has removed dozens of channels over the course of the last day, citing concerns that the accounts were inciting violence.
“Our Terms of Service expressly forbid public calls to violence,” Telegram spokesperson Mike Ravdonikas told TechCrunch. “…In the past 24 hours we have blocked dozens of public channels that published calls to violence for thousands of subscribers.”
Asked if those takedowns relate to last week’s violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, Ravdonikas said that Telegram will “examine all incoming reports” and that the company is “monitoring the current situation closely.”
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