Sharing with the media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has no plans to block Telegram after the terrorist attack, but asked Telegram CEO Pavel Durov to pay more attention.
“We expect more attention from Pavel Durov, because in fact this unique and extraordinary application of technology is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists, used for their own purposes. terrorist purposes,” Mr. Peskov said.
Crocus City Hall theater burned down after a terrorist attack. Photo: Reuters
Telegram is a popular messaging application in Russia and around the world, headquartered in Dubai. The owner of Telegram is Pavel Durov, 39 years old, born in Russia and living in Dubai (UAE). He left Russia in 2014.
After the Kremlin's comments, Durov posted an article on Telegram in which he said he had taken immediate steps to block a series of anonymous accounts from posting messages that appeared to call for action. new violence.
“Tens of thousands of attempts to send such messages have been blocked, and thousands of Telegram accounts attempting to send these messages face permanent account bans,” Durov wrote.
He said that from next week, users will be able to limit the number of people who send them personal messages, and will launch artificial intelligence mechanisms to filter out unwanted communications. “Telegram is not a place for spam or calls for violence,” Durov said.
Russia's RIA news agency said the terrorists were gathered through an extremist Telegram channel of the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K).
According to TASS, Telegram has removed more than 256.000 banned materials since 2021 until now at the request of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications.
Ngoc Anh (according to TASS, RIA, Reuters)
