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The messaging service favored by ISIS, and political dissidents worldwide has been kicked off the App Store.
Telegram, a messaging software with large semi-public chat groups that users can enter, and a new version of the service called Telegram X were removed from Apple’s App Store after “inappropriate content was made available to users.” Apple confirmed that the two apps were “removed.”
Telegram is an extremely popular with about 180 million monthly active users worldwide. About 40 million of those are located in Iran, where the government banned the service during political protests that rocked the country earlier this month in hopes of preventing coordination among the demonstrators.
Telegram has been called the “app of choice” for ISIS members and other terror groups, who use it to covertly propagandize, recruit new members, and coordinate strategy. In the wake of the Paris terror attack committed by ISIS in 2015, the app shut down 78 channels related to ISIS activity.
