Telegram app back on Apple’s App Store after removal over child sexual abuse material: Report

Telegram had said on Monday that its app was back on the App Store, as per a Reuters report. The popular messaging app had earlier disappeared off Apple’s App Store without any reason being given from either Apple or Telegram.

“Telegram ⁠has been restored ​on the App ​Store and should soon be available again for ​all users,” the company said

After the Telegram app had disappeared, the App Store page read, “The ​page ​you’re ⁠looking for can’t be found.”
As per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple had briefly removed the Telegram app from the app store after its review had found the app in violation of the App store’s guidelines on child sexual abuse material.

The app was reportedly later reinstated after Telegram removed the sexual content and banned the user who posted it.

Notably, Telegram continued to available on the Google Play Store and via the Mac App Store. Moreover, existing users of Telegram continued to be able to access the app without reporting any loss of data. The App Store ban also doesn’t seem to have affected users in India so far.