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2 July 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Telegram: inside the pirate’s cove

Last September, WIPR reported on an  Italian police investigation into groups on the instant messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram, via which up to 500,000 people were accessing copies of Sardinian newspaper  L’Unione Sarda without paying.

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Italian police investigate newspaper piracy on Telegram
23 September 2019   Italian authorities are investigating the operators of groups on the WhatsApp and Telegram platforms which facilitate the pirate distribution of newspapers, according to reports.
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Delhi court orders Telegram to identify newspaper pirates
1 June 2020   The Delhi High Court has ordered instant messaging service Telegram to hand over the identity of users sharing e-newspapers for free on the platform.


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