Pavel Durov: Telegram deletes and deletes illegal content based on complaints from rights holders
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As it was already informed on Geektimes, in the protected Telegram messenger bots of known resources began to appear, blocked in Russia. It and Флибуста , and Rutracker , and some other sites. At the same time, the administration of the messenger is in no hurry to block these bots, so the right holders have to complain about Telegram in Yandex and Google.
Nevertheless, the creator of the messenger Pavel Durov claims that the administration always goes to meet the owners. He said this in an interview with Izvestia. The Telegram FAQ was recently updated and a corresponding clause appeared in it , although even before this point the administration was deleting controversial content. In any case, so says Durov.
When asked by the Izvestia journalist about the measures taken by the creators of Telegram regarding illegal content, Durov said the following: “Telegram deleted and removes controversial content on complaints from copyright holders within the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). The only thing that is required of the copyright holder is to submit a document legally confirming the fact of violation of his rights to the address dmca@telegram.org. ” After removing the bot / channel is no longer available, but the files already downloaded by the user remain on the device - the application does not have control over this data.
Other types of illegal content are removed, such as stickers. “Last year alone, hundreds of sticker sets were blocked due to complaints from other sites in Telegram. Their disappearance passes without a trace, as their own sets appear daily in Telegram, ”said Pavel Durov.
At the same time, the administration of the messenger welcomes the creation of bots by developers, for which the functionality of the service has been improved. To encourage the creators of bots, it is planned to allocate at least $ 1 million as grants. About how and to whom funds will be allocated, Geektimes will report in addition.