{
  "id": 145972,
  "title": "Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/telegram-ceo-says-an-extortionist-planted-csam-in-a-chat-to-get-it",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T19:11:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-takedown-extortion-pavel-durov"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blames an extortionist for planting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in a public chat to get the app temporarily removed from Apple's App Store on Monday night. \"Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us,\" Durov says in a post on X. \"This creates a potential systemic risk for […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}