The arrest of Telegram creator and CEO Pavel Durov in France is beginning to have an influence on the app’s popularity and position.
The founder was arrested last month for allegedly allowing illicit practices to thrive on the social media platform by failing to properly monitor posts, particularly in drug trafficking, money laundering, and the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Despite concerns regarding the app’s content, Telegram is now experiencing a spike in downloads, propelling it to the No. 2 spot on the U.S. App Store’s Social Networking charts and increasing global iOS downloads by 4%.
After Durov’s arrest, Telegram took some time to rise. This might be the case because a lot of individuals found out about the news only after reading the stories they had missed over the weekend, or because third-party sources of app store intelligence take a little longer to report changes in rankings.
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