In compliance with a court order in India, Telegram has released the names of administrators and phone numbers of channels accused of violating the Copyright Act.
After a teacher sued the firm for not doing enough to prevent unauthorized distribution of her course material on the platform, the firm had to share the data. A number of Telegram channels were selling her study materials without her permission.
Telegram was ordered by an Indian court to comply with the law and give information about those who operate such channels.
Telegram argued that it would violate the privacy policy and the laws of Singapore if it disclosed user information. The Indian court said the copyright owners couldn't be left " completely remediless against the actual offenders" because Telegram chose to locate its server outside the country.
Telegram shared the data according to an order last week.
The said data should be copied and given to Id. The data will not be disclosed to any third party except for the purpose of the present proceedings. The court stated that disclosure to the police is permissible.
The app operator wouldn't say if they shared private data.
Telegram doesn't have a lot of data on its users. We believe this was the case because we can't access any user data without specific entry points. Telegram can't confirm that any private data has been shared
India is one of the largest markets for Telegram, with over 150 million users.
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