{"id":14941,"date":"2026-08-07T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14941"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:00:57","slug":"why-does-apple-keep-banning-telegram-but-never-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14941","title":{"rendered":"Why does Apple keep banning Telegram, but never X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Emma Roth<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 7, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elon Musk shrugging on a background with the Twitter logo\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Illustration by Kristen Radtke \/ The Verge; Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/23382328\/VRG_Illo_STK022_K_Radtke_Musk_Twitter_Shrug.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For roughly an hour this week, Telegram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/974951\/telegram-apple-app-store-removed\">vanished<\/a> from Apple&#8217;s App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a secure platform for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/7\/7\/23786422\/telegram-russia-war-news-blogging-censorship-disinformation\">people who live in countries under censorship<\/a>. Apple later revealed that it had removed the app due to the presence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and restored it once that content was removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the decision once again stirred up questions and confusion about Apple&#8217;s moderation policies and how it treats different companies. And one company in particular sprang to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Magwettafx1st\/status\/2084697191025635578?s=20\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apple\/comments\/1vexh91\/comment\/p1lpd5s\/\">people&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/technology\/comments\/1vf6s3l\/comment\/p1mja67\/\">m \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/976405\/apple-telegram-ban-x-app-store-violations\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/976405\/apple-telegram-ban-x-app-store-violations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Roth &bull; August 7, 2026 For roughly an hour this week, Telegram vanished from Apple&#8217;s App Store. Even during that blip, it was a stunning absence for such a major app: an avenue of communication for more than 1 billion users around the world, used widely as a secure platform for people who live<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14941\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}