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Does Telegram perform any censorship or deplatforming like Twitter when it comes to controversial topics (like illegal immigration, trans issues, race issues, e
by throwawaysea 6y ago
Does Telegram perform any censorship or deplatforming like Twitter when it comes to controversial topics (like illegal immigration, trans issues, race issues, etc)? I see from this post they have public groups but I also worry that these tech companies are all too willing to deplatform those that disagree with the progressive political platform, especially when they try to make the turn towards monetization. That’s really my deciding factor for adopting something new, as I don’t wish to give any power to those who are against free speech principles.
It seems like Telegram has had their own pressures from the anti-speech/anti-freedom crowd so maybe they’re on the other side of this?
Apple sued for not banning Telegram
https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-sued-by-pressure-group-for-not-banning-telegram/ https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-sued-by-pressure-group-for-n...
Google sued for not banning Telegram
https://reclaimthenet.org/now-its-googles-turn-to-be-sued-for-not-banning-telegram/ https://reclaimthenet.org/now-its-googles-turn-to-be-sued-fo...
Telegram CEO says reject being “held hostage by tech monopolies”
https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-adds-25m-users/ https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-adds-25m-users/
- newscracker 6y agoTelegram can and will remove content and users who violate its policies. Since the content is not end to end encrypted by default (except in one to one secret chats), Telegram has access to scan/listen/process the content. There is also a content moderation team that works on handling content removal, though it seems like it has mostly focused on terrorism in the past. The FAQ [1] has more details. So does the ToS. [2] [1]: https://telegram.org/faq https://telegram.org/faq [2]: https://telegram.org/tos https://telegram.org/tos