Ofcom investigating Telegram over child sexual abuse material concerns

She added while there had been progress with tackling CSAM on smaller services, including file-hosting and sharing platforms, the issue "extends to big platforms too".Children's charity the NSPCC welcomed Ofcom's Telegram probe."Recent NSPCC research revealed around 100 child sexual abuse image offences are being recorded by police every day," said Rani Govender, its associate head of policy."The scale of this abuse is stark and we strongly welcome Ofcom ramping up action to tackle it, including opening this investigation into Telegram."The probe was also welcomed by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which works to identify and remove CSAM online, including on Telegram.IWF communications director Emma Hardy said the organisation shared concerns about "bad actor networks" on the platform, and "that not enough is being done to prevent known, detected, child sexual abuse imagery from being distributed".She said while the company has taken some action, for these "to be truly effective, they need to do more".This, Hardy said, should see safeguards expanded across Telegram, including to chats users can protect with end-to-end encryption.