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Telegram has disappeared from Apple App Store search results globally, though the app continues functioning for existing users. The cause remains unclear as neither Apple nor Telegram has commented.
Telegram has been restored to Apple's App Store after briefly vanishing from the platform globally. The encrypted messaging service confirmed the restoration, though the cause of the removal remains unexplained.
Apple removed Telegram from its app store late Monday over child sexual abuse material violations, reinstating the messaging platform after Telegram swiftly took action to remove the problematic content and ban the offending user.
Australia's online safety regulator has commenced civil proceedings against Telegram in federal court, alleging the messaging platform failed to remove pro-terrorist content including videos of mass shootings.
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of messaging app Telegram, has been accused by Russia's FSB of aiding terrorist activities and added to international wanted lists. The charges mark an escalation in the Kremlin's attempts to control digital communications.