NEW: Telegram quietly changed its official FAQ, specifically the part about its policies around illegal content in chats and group chats. Until yesterday, the first line of that FAQ said: “All Telegram chats and group chats are private amongst their participants. We do not process any requests related to them.” That line is now gone. And Telegram also added a line about the EU Digital Services Act.

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Telegram tops 10 million subscribers, underscores private chat reporting | TechCrunch

Telegram has updated its website to explicitly allow users to report private chats to its moderators, the company said in its FAQ page, as it updat...

NEW: X is hiring two dozen trust and safety, and security folks, after two years of layoffs which gutted the company, and those teams in particular. For context, last year X disclosed that it had cut 80% of trust and safety staff in the Musk era. More detailed stats about the mass firings in the below chart, courtesy of Australia's online safety commissioner.

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X is hiring staff for security and safety after two years of layoffs | TechCrunch

The hiring effort comes after X, formerly known as Twitter, laid off 80% of its trust and safety staff since Musk's takeover.

In this article Clement Lecigna, of Google's Threat Analysis Group, says Google doesn't make distinctions between Western and non-Western malware operations.

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Google's spyware hunters track state-sponsored malware

Spyware can take over targets' phones, listening to conversations and copying messages. It is often used by governments against critics and opponen...