According to Messenger’s creator, Pavel Durov, thousands of accounts were blocked following user complaints and dozens of messages did not reach their recipients.
Next week, Telegram messenger users from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus will have the option to limit the circle of people who can send them private messages. This decision was taken after complaints from Russian-speaking users about messages from foreigners containing calls for terrorist attacks. Telegram creator Pavel Durov announced this on March 28.
According to Durov, in response to these complaints a number of technical and organizational measures were taken to prevent such activities.
“As a result, tens of thousands of attempts to send such messages were stopped, and the Telegram accounts of thousands of users who participated in this flash mob were permanently blocked,” writes Durov.
He noted that starting from the beginning of next week, all users in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus will be able to limit the list of senders of personal messages.
Durov concluded: “We are also implementing artificial intelligence-based solutions to filter spam messages more effectively. Telegram is not the place for unauthorized mails and calls for violence.”
Let us also remind you that on the evening of March 22, a group of people entered the Crocus City building and started shooting. They then set fire to the room and ran away. More than 100 dead and more than 200 injured have already been found at the scene of the terrorist attack.
On March 25, the Moscow Basmanny Court issued a preventive measure for three citizens involved in the Crocus case. Two people have been charged and the third is a suspect. All were arrested by 22 May. 2 of those arrested are citizens of the Russian Federation and 1 has a temporary residence permit.
We also recall that on March 28, it was reported that a 9-year-old schoolgirl in Chadan, Russian Federation, was taken to the police station for calling for “terrorism”. The Ministry of Internal Affairs published screenshots of the schoolgirl’s correspondence in which she offered to “kill people in exchange for 500 thousand rubles.”
Source: Focus
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