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The prohibition is defined by cross-jurisdictional illegality rather than the law of any single country, and the listed examples are illustrative, not exhaustive.
If the reader engages in activities recognised as illegal in the majority of countries — including those listed — they are in breach of Telegram's Terms of Service.
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Use the services for commercial activities and/or promotions such as contests, sweepstakes, barter, pyramid schemes, advertising, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation.
You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)
Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file that controls automated access to portions of our Services;
"Engage in activities that are recognized as illegal in the majority of countries. This includes child abuse, selling or offering illegal goods and services (drugs, firearms, forged documents), etc.Excerpt from Telegram's Terms of Service
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The prohibition is defined by cross-jurisdictional illegality rather than the law of any single country, and the listed examples are illustrative, not exhaustive.
If the reader engages in activities recognised as illegal in the majority of countries — including those listed — they are in breach of Telegram's Terms of Service.
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