{"id":38791,"date":"2021-03-12T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T09:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38791"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:24:43","slug":"telegram-began-removing-bots-that-scrape-users-data-following-a-roskomnadzor-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/telegram-began-removing-bots-that-scrape-users-data-following-a-roskomnadzor-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram began removing bots that scrape users&#8217; data following a Roskomnadzor order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The messaging app Telegram has begun blocking popular bots that were used to obtain users\u2019 personal data.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?14\\\" data-telegram-post=\\\"dataleak\/2108\\\" data-width=\\\"100%\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In the Telegram channel \u201cEye of God\u201d <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/eyegod\/201\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">is said<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> that after the audit the administration brought the documents \u201cinto the proper legal framework in accordance with the recent amendments to the Personal Data Law.\u201d The administration noted that, in legal terms, the service is a search engine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In addition to the Eye of God bot, Telegram has deleted several other popular similar services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?14\\\" data-telegram-post=\\\"dataleak\/2109\\\" data-width=\\\"100%\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">A few days earlier, according to Kommersant, Roskomnadzor <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.kommersant.ru\/doc\/4721118\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">demanded that Telegram block bots<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> that collect and disseminate residents\u2019 personal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The agency said that the actions of the owners of such bots violate the personal data protection law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Earlier it was reported that criminals began using users\u2019 personal data collected by Telegram bots, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/scammers-have-started-using-telegram-bots-to-blackmail-users\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">for blackmail and extortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow 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