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Telegram isn't a social-media provider, messaging company tells Australia court

By James Panichi ( July 10, 2025, 06:50 GMT | Insight) -- Telegram Messenger isn’t a provider of social-media services and, as a result, can’t be penalized under Australia’s 2921 Online Safety Act, the instant-messaging company told a court. In Federal Court of Australia filings obtained by MLex, Telegram has also said that the eSafety Commissioner had been wrong to hit it with a $633,100 fine because the company hadn’t received the watchdog’s correspondence demanding information about compliance with the law’s basic tenets.Telegram Messenger isn’t a provider of social-media services and, as a result, can’t be penalized under Australia’s 2921 Online Safety Act, the instant-messaging company told an Australian court....

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