Telegram has blocked more than 707 thousand groups and channels since the beginning of November.
Almost 3,000 of them are related to terrorism, according to the Messenger's statistics. During the last weekend alone, more than 166 thousand communities were blocked; On Saturday, the figure exceeded 100,000 per day for the first time since November 3.
Telegram recalled that since 2015, moderation has been based on user complaints and proactive monitoring with machine learning, and since the beginning of 2024, the mechanisms have been strengthened with artificial intelligence-based tools.