{"id":636647,"date":"2026-07-30T08:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/australia-sues-telegram-over-alleged-failures-to-remove-terror-content\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T08:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:53:36","slug":"australia-sues-telegram-over-alleged-failures-to-remove-terror-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/australia-sues-telegram-over-alleged-failures-to-remove-terror-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia sues Telegram over alleged failures to remove terror content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-ton-court-case-overview-of-latest-events.jpg\" alt=\"Australia sues Telegram over alleged failures to remove terror content\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Telegram faces Australian court proceedings after eSafety alleged the platform failed to detect and remove extremist material shared by users.<\/p>\n<p>Telegram, the messaging platform used by more than 1 billion people worldwide, is facing a major legal challenge in Australia over claims that it failed to stop the spread of terrorism-linked material.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s online safety regulator, the eSafety Commissioner, launched civil penalty proceedings against Telegram in the Federal Court on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esafety.gov.au\/newsroom\/media-releases\/esafety-commences-civil-penalty-proceedings-against-telegram-over-alleged-failings-to-tackle-terror\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to an official statement.<\/p>\n<p>The authority alleged Telegram breached its obligations under the country\u2019s Online Safety Act to address \u201cpro-terror\u201d content by failing to act on multiple user complaints.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/australia-telegram-alleged-failures-terror-content\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telegram faces Australian court proceedings after eSafety alleged the platform failed to detect and remove extremist material shared by users. Telegram, the messaging platform used by more than 1 billion people worldwide, is facing a major legal challenge in Australia over claims that it failed to stop the spread of terrorism-linked material. Australia\u2019s online safety [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-636647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}