EU Builds Case to Place Telegram Under Stricter Content Scrutiny
- Data suggests Telegram may have enough users to fall under DSA
- Bloc under pressure to crack down on service after CEO arrest
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The European Union is quietly gathering evidence to support the case that the controversial social media and messaging app Telegram should be subject to the bloc’s strictest content-moderation regulations.
Officials at the EU’s executive arm are using data from several web traffic monitoring firms to establish that Telegram’s social-media platform draws more than 45 million monthly active users, a threshold that would subject it to extra scrutiny under the bloc’s new Digital Services Act, according to a European Commission official.