Apple has told Bloomberg that Telegram was briefly removed from the App Store after its review found content violating guidelines against child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The app was restored after the developer removed the content and banned the posting user, Apple said.
Apple has provided an explanation for the brief removal of Telegram from its App Store earlier today, telling Bloomberg that the messaging app was found to contain child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in violation of its guidelines. The company stated that after Telegram's developer promptly removed the offending content and banned the user who posted it, the app was restored.
The Zioneer reported earlier this morning that Telegram had been restored to the App Store after a brief suspension that affected multiple countries, with the cause initially unclear. That report, published at 05:51 Jerusalem, noted that neither Apple nor Telegram had explained the removal at the time.
Apple's statement now clarifies the grounds for the action, which the company described as a routine enforcement of its content moderation policies.
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