UK regulator to probe Telegram, teen chat sites for potential child safety violations

Multiple security and regulatory developments: UK regulator Ofcom has opened a probe into Telegram over alleged CSAM sharing after information from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. The EU imposed sanctions on two Moscow-linked propaganda networks (Euromore and Pravfond). Cloud platform Vercel disclosed a breach via a third‑party AI tool that led to compromise of a limited subset of customer credentials. Ukrainian authorities dismantled a bot farm supplying fake Telegram accounts to Russian intelligence for disinformation operations. Italy’s regulator fined Poste Italiane and Postepay,