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Telegram U-turns and joins global child safety scheme

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Telegram has agreed to work with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) It is used by major online services to detect and remove child sexual abuse material.

Telegram had repeatedly refused to engage with it or any similar scheme.

But, four months after its founder Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris , the platform has announced a U-turn.

The IWF described the decision as transformational’ but warned it was the first step in a “much longer journey” for the app.

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