{
  "id": 143061,
  "title": "Pavel Durov says an extortionist planted \"illegal porn in a public chat\" to get the app pulled from the App Store and manipulated Apple into \"overreacting\" (Emma Roth/The Verge)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/pavel-durov-says-an-extortionist-planted-illegal-porn-in-a-public",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T19:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-takedown-extortion-pavel-durov?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InJWYk5xVHE4N20iLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvOTc1MzAwL3RlbGVncmFtLWFwcC1zdG9yZS10YWtlZG93bi1leHRvcnRpb24tcGF2ZWwtZHVyb3YiLCJleHAiOjE3ODYzMDM2NjAsImlhdCI6MTc4NTg3MTY2MH0.8vkfeIHSsNamv44pEynFD6YZAf24e4aEfKQEgejIEEo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pavel Durov claims attackers post illegal content and manipulate reports to ‘trigger the removal of legitimate communities.’",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Telegram's Durov says 'extortionists' pushed Apple to remove messaging platform from App Store",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/telegrams-durov-says-extortionists-pushed-apple-to-remove-messaging",
        "published": "2026-08-04T16:46:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}