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ANew York Times analysisof more than 3.2 million Telegram message from 16,000 channels find that the messaging platform has been “ inundated ” with illegal and extremist natural process .
Specifically , The Times found 1,500 channels operated by livid supremacist , two XII TV channel sell weapons , and at least 22 TV channel where MDMA , cocaine , heroin and other drugs were push for obstetrical delivery .
The caller ’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov wasarrested in Francelast month , with authority alleging that Telegram ’s deficiency of message moderation made Durov an confederate to illegal activity on the platform .
The weapons platform subsequentlyupdated its web site to allow abuse news report , and Durov has been posting on his Telegram groove , arguing , “ Using police force from the pre - smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manage is a misguided approach . ”
