Last week, Telegram and Telegram X apps abruptly left the App Store with Telegram CEO saying some “inappropriate content” was the explanation for the sudden removing. The apps returned to the App Store barely hours later, although one was left questioning what the precise causes behind the removing by no means got here to mild. Until now.

In an electronic mail, Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller has acknowledged that the App Store group was alerted about little one pornography within the Telegram apps, and the choice to pull down these apps was taken after verifying the existence of the unlawful content material.

“The Telegram apps were taken down off the App Store because the App Store team was alerted to illegal content, specifically child pornography, in the apps. After verifying the existence of the illegal content the team took the apps down from the store, alerted the developer, and notified the proper authorities, including the NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children),” Schiller stated within the electronic mail, as seen by 9to5Mac.

Schiller’s assertion matches what Telegram CEO Pavel Durov referenced beforehand in a response to a Twitter consumer. Furthermore, the e-mail additionally highlights that the App Store group restored the apps solely as soon as they had been assured that the required controls to maintain such content material in verify sooner or later had been in place. “Only after it was verified that the developer [Telegram] had taken these actions and put in place more controls to keep this illegal activity from happening again were these apps reinstated on the App Store,” Schiller added.

It is price noting right here that this wasn’t the primary time when Telegram was within the headlines for giving area to objectionable content material. In March final 12 months, it was reported that the Islamic State militants in Pakistan had been utilizing Telegram to dodge authorities. The Telegram app additionally confronted ban threats in Russia and Indonesia just a few months again for not blocking illegal content material.