British opposition called for sanctions against Telegram

The TELEGRAM messenger is actively distributing materials of extremist content, which is why it is necessary to introduce tough sanctions against the leaders of the platform who do not fight extremism, up to criminal prosecution, said the leader of the UK Labor Party, Cyrus Starmer, speaking in the House of Commons. The speech was broadcast by the Sky News channel.

“Telegram is called the app of choice for extremists. Mr. Speaker, can you believe and can the House believe that at the time you and I paid tribute to Sir David [Amess] on Monday, Telegram users had access to videos of assassinations and threats against politicians, representatives of the LGBT community, women and Jews,” Starmer said.

In Britain, a deputy died after being stabbed at a meeting with voters Politics

He added that some of the posts published on Telegram were illegal and “all of them are malicious.” According to him, the Hope not Hate advocacy group and the Jewish organization Board of Deputies said that the Russian messenger "promotes the development of a subculture that supports terrorists."

In addition, Stramer criticized the algorithms of other social networks - FACEBOOK, Instagram and TIKTOK. According to him, one can find appeals of extremist content there.

Read together with it: