Officials are investigating whether Telegram misrepresented its user numbers to evade the Digital Services Act's regulations, with implications for compliance and potential penalties for the platform.
Thomas Regnier of the European Commission stated, "We have a way through our own systems and calculations to determine how accurate the user data is," indicating internal methods to verify Telegram's claims.
Claims of 41 million users in the EU were followed by Telegram only admitting to having 'significantly fewer than 45 million.' Officials see this as non-compliance with regulations.
The investigation aims to ascertain actual usage numbers, possibly revealing Telegram's user base exceeding 45 million, which could subject it to stricter rules under the DSA.
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