Apple does not want to remove Telegram from the App Store, an association complained

Telegram does not always manage to moderate its content. For several years, the application has been promoted by associations that defend against hateful and violent comments on social networks and the Internet. One of these associations is Coalition for a Safer Web (or CSW), worn by the former ambassador to the United States, Marc GinsbergIn June 2020, CSW stated in a press release that Telegram was being used by anti-Semitic and anti-black groups spreading extremely violent hate content. Coincidentally, comedian Dieudonné joined Telegram around the same time after being banned from YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

The association later announced that Telegram aware of their malicious usebut is not taking any serious decision to fight against it. A few weeks later, CSW contacted Apple executives, including Tim Cook, to request that Telegram be removed from the App Store. However, there has been no response since then. This weekend, Association files complaint against Apple In the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The company was made aware of the content published on Telegram and that The content is against the App Store’s general terms of useCSW believes that by not deleting Telegram, Apple is not fulfilling its commitments to its users.

Apple accused of double standards

This legal action came at a time not chosen randomly. Last week, all major American groups (Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.) took criminal actions against the social network Parler. Accused of being used to orchestrate attack in Washington earlier in the month. The association emphasizes here that Apple should have acted in the same way regarding Telegram. In its court filing, CSW compares Apple’s failure to act to Epic Games’ high-profile removal of its game Fortnite.

This isn’t the first time Telegram has been the subject of controversy over content posted there. In 2018The app was removed from the App Store for several hours after illegal content, including child pornography, was discovered. Apple later said the company “ has no tolerance for any activity that would harm the safety of children “. As soon as the content was removed, Telegram returned to the App Store.

Source : Apple’s Content