The ecosystem behind Telegram’s abuse networks.

Claudia Torrisi   The European Correspondent4 May 2026
An AI Forensics investigation revealed a network of nearly 25 000 users across Italy and Spain spreading non-consensual sexual images of women, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM), on Telegram.

“There is a sort of shared pedagogy of sexual violence – one that is facilitated by the platform and knows no geographic borders”.