After WhatsApp announced the implementation of new privacy policies, users of this application began looking for other options to migrate their instant messaging service.

Under this context, Telegram became the alternative for several users, positioning itself during the first days of the year as the application with the most downloads worldwide and currently, the figures indicate that more than 500 million people interact on this platform on a monthly basis.

And it is that, Telegram offers within its benefits, not only instant conversations, but also the possibility of sharing content protected by copyright, which is why organizations such as the RIAA and the MPAA have expressed their discontent, causing the app was added to the European Union’s “piracy watch list”.

As a consequence of these policies, Telegram recently received a lawsuit from the Russian publisher Eksmo-AST, arguing that the app allowed the distribution of pirated literary works by authors Stephen King and Dmitry Glukhovsky.

For its part, the Moscow City Court, under the orders of the Roskomnadzor telecommunications watchdog, issued a preliminary injunction under which the books 11/22/63, by Stephen King, and Metro 2033, by Dmitry Glukhovsky may be blocked by those internet service providers to which users are subscribed.

However, this measure is not enough for Maxim Ryabyko, of the AZAPI anti-piracy group that represents Eksmo-AST, since he maintains that since 2019 Telegram has been carrying out the elimination of pirated content, including 52 thousand books and 31 channels that operated in the web version of this platform and as a solution it proposes that the messaging platform be blocked in Russia.

Finally, Telegram has also eliminated 346 channels on iOS and 69 channels on Android in its mobile version, so it is expected that judicial decisions against the app will increase.