Centre orders Telegram to remove over 3,100 channels for copyright violations
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday issued a notice to Telegram after finding that copyrighted content was available on more than 3,000 channels on the cloud-based social media and instant messaging service. The ministry directed the social media intermediary under the Information Technology Act, 2000 to remove pirated content from its platform.
According to sources, the action follows complaints received from various over-the-top platforms including JioCinema and Amazon Prime Video and others about the availability of large-scale piracy of copyrighted content on Telegram.
