NCOSE's Dirty Dozen List names Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Snapchat among 10 others
9. Telegram
NCOSE warned that some alleged abusers use the messaging platform Telegram “for child sexual abuse material, sex trafficking, sextortion, deepfake image-based sexual abuse and more.”
“Without systemic reforms, Telegram remains a significant vector in the spread and monetization of online sexual abuse,” the anti-exploitation group warned.
Despite the platform taking steps to expand moderation following the 2024 arrest of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, NCOSE argued that these changes “have not fundamentally disrupted abusive ecosystems, which rapidly re-form and adapt even after mass removals.”
The advocacy group cited a 2025 investigation conducted by Nucleo with support from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network, which “identified 83 bots on Telegram using keywords associated with deepnudes — the practice of generating sexual or pornographic images using AI without consent. Among all these groups found, 33 were active and functional, and 23 (70%) were capable of creating child sexual exploitation material (21 with children and adolescents and two only with adolescents).”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
