Pavel Durov reveals that Telegram was briefly removed from the App Store last night after a takedown extortionist planted AI-modified illegal content by editing an old message in a public group chat, ...
The deeper issue: Apple acting on unverified reports before contacting the developer means anyone can weaponize a single flagged message to force a removal, regardless of the platform's actual moderation practices. This incentivizes exactly this kind of attack against any app with UGC, since the cost of filing a false report is near zero but the damage is a full app store delisting.