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Telegram's review of Australian regulator's fine notice to be heard in December

By Saloni Sinha ( September 19, 2025, 07:40 GMT | Insight) -- Messaging platform Telegram’s legal challenge to an infringement notice issued by the Australian online safety regulator, originally set to be heard in October, has been pushed to December, after the watchdog delayed filing its evidence. In a Federal Court of Australia hearing on Friday, lawyer David Klempfner, acting for Telegram, said that the “scope and volume of the affidavit material filed on behalf of the [eSafety Commissioner] has caught the applicant somewhat by surprise.” Klempfner said that a straightforward judicial review had now become complex. Messaging platform Telegram’s legal challenge to an infringement notice issued by the Australian online safety regulator, originally set to be heard in October, has been pushed to December, after the watchdog delayed filing its evidence....

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