Telegram, which has been famous for its privacy features and policies, came up with an interesting claim. Explaining that it did not provide any data to the states before, Telegram allegedly presented some user data to the German authorities. It was stated that the said data belonged to the suspects involved in terrorism and child abuse crimes.
The most important point of this claim is that Telegram has so far not provided data to any state under any circumstances – even if individuals are involved in crimes. If the claim is true, this will be the first known data submission case for Telegram as well. Some details about the claim are still up in the air.
Telegram was constantly making efforts to stay away from the authorities:
Especially the data of the people involved in the aforementioned crimes can be easily presented in different messaging applications upon the requests of the authorities. However, since the Telegram team was very strict on this issue, it had moved its headquarters to different countries in order to escape the sanctions of the countries on this issue in the past.
Telegram’s current headquarters is seen in Dubai, but the company’s servers are located in various cities and regions such as London, Singapore and San Francisco. This actually makes it even more difficult for authorities to access the data. Telegram has not shared any explanation about the current claim so far.
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