Telegram has appointed European Digital Services Representative (EDSR), registered at Avenue Huart Hamoir 71, 1030 Brussels, Belgium, as its representative for matters related to the TCO Regulation. Requests can be accepted in English and French.
In line with Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online (“TCO Regulation”), Telegram Messenger Inc. (“Telegram”) publishes transparency reports. This report is prepared in line with Articles 7(2) and 7(3) of the TCO Regulation.
Telegram has robust policies and procedures in place to routinely detect and remove terrorist content and to ban users, groups, channels, and bots that promote or encourage terrorist ideology. All Telegram mobile and desktop apps provide interfaces for reporting violent content. Telegram accepts user reports concerning content from both public and private groups and channels. Reports are processed 24/7. Telegram’s in-house machine-learning software, which relies on keywords, phrases, imagery, logos, and hashes as proxies for identifying terrorist content assists human moderators in processing reports and helps proactively identify publicly available terrorist content on the platform.
In order to prevent the re-appearance of already blocked items, algorithms automatically flag identical and similar content in public communities and channels. As a part of the company’s longstanding commitment to combating terrorism, Telegram collaborates with policymakers worldwide by providing daily transparency reports, introducing automated content monitoring systems, and adopting other industry-wide best practices.
As a part of the company’s longstanding commitment to combating terrorism, Telegram collaborates with policymakers worldwide by providing daily transparency reports, introducing automated content monitoring systems, and adopting other industry-wide best practices.
Number of items of terrorist content that were removed (or the access to which was disabled) following removal orders
| 2025 | 211 |
| 2024 | 549 |
| 2023 | 289 |
| 2022 | 0 |
Number of items of terrorist content removed for violation of Telegram Terms of Service, including following user reports and referrals by trusted organizations
| 2025 | 236,573 |
| 2024 | 83,339,522 * |
| 2023 | 140,715 |
| 2022 | 92,852 |
* The above figure for 2024 includes both the number of terrorist communities removed entirely and the number of removed items of terrorist content that were published by malicious actors in legitimate communities.
For daily updates on removed terrorist content, see @ISISWatch.
Number of removal orders where the content has not been removed or access to the content has not been disabled
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
Number and the outcome of complaints handled by Telegram in accordance with Article 10 of the TCO Regulation through the @EURegulation bot
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2023 | 73 |
| 2022 | 0 |
For all of the above complaints, Telegram was unable to update the decision in relation to the affected content.
Number of cases in which Telegram reinstated content or access thereto following a complaint by the content provider
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
Number and outcome of administrative or judicial review proceedings brought by Telegram and number of cases in which Telegram was required to reinstate content or access thereto as a result of administrative or judicial review proceedings
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |