

With the mention of inappropriate behaviour claimed publicly by Telegram, the reason could be that the app had content that was "offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste." The removal could also have been due to absence of a standard filtering or reporting mechanism in place to remove objectionable content. "Telegram is back in the App Store after being absent there since midnight CET (4:30am IST)," said Durov in a tweet on Thursday confirming their return.Īpple supposedly removes apps that are in direct violation of the App Store's guidelines. The apps returned to the App Store within few hours of removal. Both apps had been removed from the App Store on Thursday following the presence of inappropriate content, as suggested by Pavel Durov, Founder and CEO of Telegram in a tweet. After a brief disappearing act, popular messaging apps Telegram and Telegram X are now back on the Apple App Store.
