The Telegram was removed from the App Store over child pornography

2018-02-08 09:55

The Telegram was removed from the App Store over child pornography
Popular messenger Telegram removed for a few hours from the App store. Apple has discovered that the messenger was distributing child pornography.

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The application Telegram has been removed from the App Store for distribution of child pornography, reports Rus.Media.

“After checking the existence of the illegal content, the team withdrew the application from the store, warned the developer and told relevant authorities”, – said in response to Schiller’s user Telegram to the question about the reasons for the removal of messenger.

“We have zero tolerance for activities that endanger children – child pornography tops the list of what should not happen ever. It is evil, it is illegal and immoral,” – said Phil Schiller.

On-demand App Store the developer removed the illegal content from the applications and blocked users who posted it. After these events, and add filters, the app has been rebuilt from the App Store.

Telegram – messenger allows you to send messages and media files of many formats. Launched in August 2013 and by December last year the service was used by over 180 million people.