OSINT Analyst Advises Filtering Telegram Intel by Language, Not Location

An OSINT analyst recommends prioritizing language over geography in Telegram intelligence pipelines for faster event detection. They argue that filtering by language allows access to initial, local reports, rather than waiting for translated summaries in the news cycle. For example, during the Ukraine war, early reports of events appear in Ukrainian or Russian channels long before English-language media. The analyst outlines a method using language detection and deduplication to efficiently monitor primary sources.