🤯 Pavel Durov stated that Telegram was created to protect activists and ordinary people from corrupt governments and corporations

🟡 Since 2018, we have been disclosing IP addresses and phone numbers of criminals to authorities in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

🟡 We process legal requests and reveal data on dangerous criminals. Our bot @transparency shows the number of processed requests.

🟡 Telegram continues to protect users while adhering to local laws and our principles of freedom and privacy.

🟡 We do not allow criminals to misuse our platform or evade justice.