Russia urges Telegram to pay more attention after the Moscow terrorist attack.

Speaking to the media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has no plans to block Telegram after the terrorist attack, but urged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov to be more vigilant.

"We expect more attention from Pavel Durov, because in fact, this unique and extraordinary technological application is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists, used for terrorist purposes," Peskov said.

Crocus City Hall theater was destroyed by fire after the terrorist attack. Photo: Reuters

Telegram is a popular messaging app in Russia and around the world , headquartered in Dubai. The owner of Telegram is Pavel Durov, 39, born in Russia and living in Dubai (UAE). He left Russia in 2014.

Following the Kremlin's comments, Durov posted on Telegram, stating that he had immediately taken measures to block a series of anonymous accounts posting messages that appeared to call for new acts of violence.

"Tens of thousands of attempts to send such messages have been blocked, and thousands of Telegram accounts attempting to send these messages face permanent account suspension," Durov wrote.

He said that starting next week, users will be able to limit the number of people who send them private messages, and artificial intelligence mechanisms will be launched to filter out unwanted communications. "Telegram is not a place for spam or calls to violence," Durov said.

Russia's RIA news agency reported that the terrorists were assembled through an extremist Telegram channel belonging to the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K).

According to TASS, Telegram has deleted more than 256,000 banned documents since 2021 at the request of the Federal Service for Supervision of Media, Information Technology and Mass Communications of Russia.

Ngoc Anh (according to TASS, RIA, Reuters)

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