Too Small to Police, Too Big to Ignore: Telegram Is the App Dividing Europe

Pro-Russian disinformation groups are exploiting the “very, very lax” rules on Telegram and there’s not much EU authorities can do about it.

“Disinformation is spreading openly and completely unchecked on Telegram,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told Bloomberg.Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
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Minutes after Slovakia’s Russia-friendly Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot, social media was awash with conspiracy theories.

The attacker’s wife was a refugee from Ukraine. He was linked to a high-profile government critic. And Fico’s security guard was plotting against the premier.