4 days ago, Russian-speaking Telegram users began to complain about messages from strangers calling for terrorist attacks.

Within an hour of receiving such complaints, we applied a number of technical and organizational measures in order to prevent this activity.

As a result, tens of thousands of attempts to send such messages were stopped, and thousands of users participating in this flash mob faced permanent blocking of their Telegram accounts.

From the beginning of next week, all users from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus will be able to limit the circle of those who can send them private messages. We are also implementing artificial intelligence solutions to filter such spam even more effectively.

Telegram is not a place for spam mailings and calls for violence✋