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Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store

The Verge · Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:11:05 GMT

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blames an extortionist for planting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in a public chat to get the app temporarily removed from Apple's App Store on Monday night. "Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us," Durov says in a post on X.

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