Telegram latest app used by IS to recruit Malaysians, says Bukit Aman

The Paris attacks may have pressured Telegram to take necessary action for the removal of IS-related channels, but the encrypted messaging app stressed that its founding principle of freedom of speech remains unchanged. - Reuters

KEMAMAN: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has discovered that the Islamic State (IS) militant group uses the Telegram messaging app as the latest medium to disseminate its ideology and recruit Malaysians.

Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division senior assistant director Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said Telegram was among 14 social applications used by IS to connect with the public before recruiting them and arranging their trips to Syria.