With the new partnership, the IWF can effectively scan Telegram for exact matches of child sexual abuse material in its databases and automatically block it, the IWF said in a news release. Similar tools will also block links to sites known to host such content and identify artificial intelligence-created abuse imagery.

Telegram to work with internet watchdog on child sexual abuse material crackdown - The messaging platform will use tools from the Internet Watch Foundation to help detect and remove abuse material.