Australia fined Telegram $ 1M for a response to delayed child abuse, extremist material questions
In March 2024, the ESFETY Commission sought reactions from platforms such as Telegram, YouTube, and X and blamed them for not enough to stop extremists from their platforms.
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Australia’s online security regulator on Monday finished the messaging platform Telegram about $ 1 million (US $ 640,000), which answers questions about measures taken to prevent the spread of child abuse and violent extremist content. For delay in. In March 2024, the Esafety Commission demanded reactions from social media platforms YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, and live-streaming facilities, algorithms and recommended systems to recruit users to prevent extremists to prevent extremists. He was convicted for not.
Telegram and Redit were asked about the steps that they were taking to combat child sexual abuse materials on their services. He was to respond by May, but Telegram presented his response in October.
“Timely transparency is not a voluntary requirement in Australia and this action confirms the importance of all companies complying with the Australian law,” Essefety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said in a statement. Grant said the delay of Telegram obstructed the implementation of his online security measures.
Telegram said that it had fully responded to all the questions of last year, which had no outstanding problems.
The company said in an email, “Inappropriate and ratioless punishment only worries about the response time limit, and we intend to appeal.”
In December, Australia’s detective agency said one of the five priority anti-terrorism cases included the youth.
The messaging platform is subject to growing investigation worldwide, as its founder Pavel Durov was placed in August in relation to the alleged use of the app for illegal activities under a formal inquiry in France.
Durov, who is on bail, denied the allegations.
Grant said that Big Tech should be transparent and measures should be kept to prevent their services from misuse as there is an increasing risk in danger generated by online extremist materials.
“If we want accountability from the technical industry, we need a lot of transparency. These powers take us a look under the hood how these platforms are working, or not, serious and egoistic online horses With a series that affect the Australians, “Grant said. If the Telegram selects the option to ignore the penalty notice, the Essefety will look for a civilian penalty in the court, said Grant said.
