The Silent Partner: Extortionists Exploit Apple's Overzealous Moderation Pavel Durov's recent exposé on Telegram's brief delisting from the App Store highlights a worrying trend that threatens to upend user generated content.
At its core, this is not just a tale of a takedown extortionist preying on vulnerabilities in Apple's moderation system; it's an illustration of how platforms are being manipulated by malicious actors who exploit the measures put in place to protect users.
Durov claimed that Telegram was targeted by an "extortionist" who edited an old message in an active group chat to showcase AI modified content.