CORRECTION (Sept. 6, 2024, 20:19 UTC): An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Telegram had changed its policy for private chats to permit moderators to police them. According to Telegram, there has been no change; moderators were already able to review private chats if a member of that chat requested that.

Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram who was recently jailed in France over allegations his social-media and messaging giant failed to police illegal content, said Thursday that the app's rapid growth "made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform" and promised changes.

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