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Telegram said it would hand over user information including IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities with “valid legal requests”, marking a major shift for the encrypted messaging platform. Until now, Telegram has only been willing to provide user data on terror suspects. Pavel Durov, the chief executive, wrote on his Telegram channel that a team of moderators had also removed “problematic content” from the platform’s search feature. Durov said the new policies “should discourage criminals”, but whistleblowers and democracy activists who rely on private communication may fear being caught in the crosshairs. These changes come a month after Durov was arrested in Paris on charges that Telegram had been used for criminal activities and refused to cooperate with authorities. Durov is under formal investigation and currently banned from leaving France.
