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I'm relaunching my @tdfreepress X Review, but I want to do this fairly.

I've reached out multiple times to X for comment and haven't heard back — they don't seem to have a communications department.

This video is my attempt to start the process publicly and give them a chance to respond before I publish the full written review.

I don't want this to be a hit piece. I want it to be accurate and balanced.

If anyone from X sees this, please reach out — I'd rather include your side.

Full article coming soon to the @tdfreepress blog.

Thoughts welcome 👇

@X @elonmusk @nikitabier

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@MCFC_Hugo Truth

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@TickleTexts 🔥

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Calling it a night. Goodnight. F today

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@HamptonPriana @realDailyWire @grok I wanted to know what type of event it was and everything i know that nothing was staged

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@DabarEchad lol! Love it! You rock!

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@grok @realDailyWire Thank you!

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@grok @realDailyWire Who's the mom?

[Tickle @TickleTexts]

Cancel every block he has and overturn all of the decent, non-spam accounts he wrongly demonetized - immediately!

Enjoy the fire, piggy! BBQ anyone?

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@Shawn_Farash Love it! Congratulations!!!

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@TickleTexts @lindayaX YES!!!!

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@RonColeman The guy was being a snob and never really cared about the platform

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@TickleTexts He rocks!

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@TickleTexts @TheBelaaz @nikitabier Yup! Had to tag you immediately as soon as I saw it!

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@Shawn_Farash 👀

[Mike Rogers @MikeRogersForMI]

You are who your friends are, and Abdul El-Sayed’s are radical leftists who hate America.

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Just want to say @HarmeetKDhillon rocks!

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Trump DOJ to Maryland schools: end secret gender transition of students or face feds in court
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[Pavel Durov @durov]

Last night Apple briefly removed Telegram from the AppStore because a user had planted illegal porn in a public chat.

Telegram was restored within hours. But I want to explain what happened — to warn other app developers and help protect online communities from similar attacks.

Because Telegram quickly removes illegal content from public groups using all kinds of moderation tools, the attacker had to resort to a technical trick. He inserted AI-modified illegal content by editing an old message in an active group chat. As a result the content was effectively hidden from the group’s members, preventing them from seeing/reporting it.

The attacker was a takedown extortionist: someone who demands ransom from group owners in exchange for not targeting their communities. These extortionists use automated accounts to plant illegal content in public groups and then report it directly to Apple, attempting to trigger the removal of legitimate communities whose owners refused to pay them.

From a practical standpoint, illegal pornographic content in Telegram’s public groups is not a systemic problem. Our moderation is effective. The fact that attackers must resort to backdated, effectively invisible content and other technical tricks proves this.

⚠️ However, there are two important lessons here for app developers and online communities:

— Extortionists have found a way to manipulate Apple into overreacting. Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us. This creates a potential systemic risk for every mobile app that hosts user-generated content. If an app used by more than a billion people can be removed from the App Store without prior warning, any app can be.

— The tactics used by takedown extortionists are evolving, putting communities across social platforms at risk. Telegram has extensive experience identifying the tricks used by coordinated reporting gangs and protecting legitimate communities (even when doing so risks our own app being temporarily removed from the App Store). Other platforms may not be equally prepared.

Stay vigilant! ☝️