Η telegram disclosed admin names, phone numbers and IP addresses of users from channels accused of copyright infringement, according to a court order in India.
The company was forced to share the data after a teacher filed a lawsuit alleging unauthorized distribution of course materials on the platform. Neetu Singh, the plaintiff teacher, said some Telegram channels were reselling it material without license at greatly reduced prices.
Telegram unsuccessfully argued that disclosing user information would violate the privacy policy and laws of Singapore, where it has its servers to store the data. As an answer, the Indian court stated that the wronged really are the copyright owners could not do something because Telegram chose to uses servers outside the country.
So last week, Judge Prathiba Singh admitted that Telegram had complied and shared the data they requested.
However, one millionfaceof Telegram declined to state the same.
“Telegram stores very limited or no data from its users. In most cases, we can't even access user data without specifics points entry and we believe this happened here as well. Therefore, we cannot confirm that personal data has been shared in this case.” Reported Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told TechCrunch.