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Anna Desmarais

Telegram hosts vast organised abuse networks in Spain and Italy, report finds

A large-scale network of just under 25,000 people spread nonconsensual sexual material and child pornography throughout Spain and Italy on the instant messaging service Telegram, according to a new report.

AI Forensics, a European non-profit institute that studies algorithms, found an "ecosystem of abuse at scale" after reviewing 2.8 million Telegram messages across 16 groups over six weeks.

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