She urged the platform to strengthen its user verification measures, tighten the usage of chat groups.
SINGAPORE – Scams and other criminal activity on Telegram are extremely concerning, with scammers adding unsuspecting victims into chat groups to cheat them.
In her opening speech, Ms Sun said the recently launched 1799 anti-scam helpline has been receiving an average of 250 calls daily., which consolidated anti-scam measures and was launched in September. Ms Sun said Telegram recently announced it would be updating its privacy policy to share IP addresses and phone numbers of errant users with the authorities when legal orders are issued.
Meta has also installed verification processes for selected Facebook users, and is exploring measures on WhatsApp to stop unwanted contact where possible.
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