Telegram extremist-content case in Australia to be heard in February 2027
By Saloni Sinha ( September 24, 2026, 04:57 GMT | Insight) -- Instant-messaging service Telegram Messenger will face a four-day liability trial beginning Feb. 9. in proceedings brought by Australia’s online-safety regulator, after a court ordered that the hearing be moved from December. In a Federal Court hearing on Thursday, Judge Jonathan Beach said that a four-day trial before the end of this calendar year proposed by him at a hearing earlier this month might not be achievable. Instant-messaging service Telegram Messenger will face a four-day liability trial beginning Feb. 9. in proceedings brought by Australia’s online-safety regulator, after a court ordered that the hearing be moved from December....
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