Telegram Hands Over Personal User Data to German Authorities

Telegram Hands Over Personal User Data to German Authorities
A 3D-printed Telegram logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken on Jan. 21, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
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Operators of the messenger app Telegram transferred personal information of its users to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), deviating from the company’s earlier claims of shielding such data from governments.

The personal data is related to users who were suspects of terrorism and child abuse crimes, according to Der Spiegel. In the case of other crimes, it is still difficult for German authorities to get data from Telegram.
Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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