Cybersecurity and policy experts raise red flags over taking an absolutist approach against the platform
Nisarga Adhikary, a cybersecurity researcher at IIT-K, warned that a blanket ban or heavy-handed restriction “optimises for visibility rather than actual risk reduction”.
“Telegram is relatively mainstream and at least has identifiable infrastructure, legal points of contact, and a large amount of public activity,” Mr. Adhikary said. “If determined actors are forced off it, they do not disappear. They migrate to platforms with stronger anonymity properties… pushing adversaries into darker corners of the ecosystem may simply reduce visibility into it.”
Mr. Adhikary also pointed out the technical impracticality of demanding immediate software overhauls, stating it is not easy for Telegram to alter integral functions such as editing or archiving on short notice.- Maitri Porecha
