According to the local publication, the country’s leadership has apparently agreed with “the owners of Telegram messenger, TikTok service and other popular international resources to remove illegal content.” This is specifically stated in the digital ecosystem development concept in Kazakhstan for 2022-2027.

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The document is made by representatives of various Internet companies. understood the offer to cooperate on the removal of the so-called contentviolates local laws. However, according to their management, “Such measures will not have a long-term impact, because there is a high probability that illegal material will be reproduced, which will require their removal, and this cycle will repeat itself many times over.”

Not only Telegram and TikTok are among the names listed. In addition to them, they mentioned Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn and Russian social networks “VKontakte”, “Odnoklasniki”, “Mail.ru”, “Livejournal”.

Telegram quickly reacted to this statement.

We can confirm that Telegram has not entered into any agreements with the Kazakhstan authorities. Any user can use the “Report” button in the app to report illegal content. Telegram will remove content that violates our terms of use,
– said the news service of the messenger

Thus, the company denied that the Kazakhstan government would remove materials it disliked, but only be guided by its own norms.