Estonia’s Justice Minister Liisa Pakosta demanded that the European Commission add the Telegram messaging service to the EU’s list of very large online platforms (VLOP), ERR reports. She said that an independent count showed that the platform clearly had more users than the threshold to be deemed a VLOP. The listing would force Telegram to assess systemic risks as required by the EU’s Digital Services Act. Pakosta argued that Telegram, which was created by a Russian technology entrepreneur in Russia, was a “serious security risk,” pointing to recent terrorist threats made against schools in Estonia. Meanwhile, Egert Belitsev, director general of Estonia’s Police and Border Guard (PPA), noted that the platform was used by criminals and saboteurs working for Russia. He insisted that nothing good came from Telegram.
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