Telegram CEO claims extortionist planted CSAM to trigger App Store removal

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov alleges that an extortionist deliberately planted child sexual abuse material in a public chat to pressure Apple into removing the app. Apple pulled Telegram from its App Store on Monday night without first contacting the company, according to Durov. He warned that the incident exposes a systemic vulnerability for any app hosting user-generated content, saying no app is safe if one used by over a billion people can be removed without prior notice. Durov accused the extortionists of manipulating Apple into overreacting to the planted content. Apple had not responded to media requests for comment at the time of reporting.

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