Telegram Confirms it Gave U.S. User Data to the Cops

Telegram disclosed that in 2024 it fulfilled more than a dozen U.S. law enforcement data requests, potentially exposing the IP addresses or phone numbers of more than 100 users, according to a transparency bot report. The report lists 14 fulfilled U.S. requests affecting 108 users for the period January 1 to September 30, 2024. The disclosure follows a change in Telegram's privacy policy after CEO Pavel Durov was arrested by French police in August, which expanded possible data disclosure from terror cases to crimes more broadly. Durov also published figures for other countries, including 2,461 legal requests satisfied in India in Q1 2024.