These Terms cover your use of Telegram Stars, with 'we' meaning Telegram
These Terms of Service govern how you use Telegram Stars. In them, 'we', 'us' and 'our' mean Telegram, and 'you' means the user of Telegram Stars. The document says Stars are 'defined below'; the Introduction describes them rather than giving a separate definitions section.
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govern your usage of Telegram Stars, as defined below
‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refers to Telegram, and ‘you’ refers to you, the user of Telegram Stars
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to use of Telegram Stars only; other Telegram terms (for example for bots, mini apps or content creators) are separate documents.
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The source gives no effective date or version date for these Terms.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Local laws may restrict buying or using Stars, and Telegram offers no compensation if it must block you
Telegram's ability to help you buy and use Stars may be restricted in some places or for some users because of local laws and regulations. Telegram says this is outside its control. If laws or regulations force it to stop you buying Stars, or to stop you using Stars you already bought, Telegram says it will not be liable and will not offer any form of compensation.
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Telegram’s ability to facilitate the purchase of and engagement with Stars may be subject to additional restrictions in certain jurisdictions or for a subset of users, based on local laws and regulations.
if local laws or regulations force us to prevent you from purchasing Stars or using those you have already purchased, Telegram will not be liable and will not offer any form of compensation.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when local laws or regulations force Telegram to block purchase or use; it is framed around legal compulsion.
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The jurisdictions and the subset of users that may be affected are not identified.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Telegram will not compensate you for loss from a temporary inability to provide services
Telegram will not compensate you for any direct or indirect loss that results from its temporary inability to provide any free or paid services.
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Telegram will not compensate you for any direct or indirect loss resulting from our temporary inability to provide any free or paid services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to a temporary inability to provide services; section 7.2 and section 5 deal separately with ending Stars support and debiting Stars.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Telegram may update these Terms, effective when it posts the revised version on its page
Telegram will review and may update these Terms from time to time. Changes take effect when the revised Terms are posted on the Stars terms page. You are asked to check the website often for updates; the text says a summary of changes may be set out below the Terms.
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We will review and may update these Terms from time to time. Any changes to these Terms will become effective when we post the revised Terms on this page https://telegram.org/tos/stars. Please check our website frequently to see any updates or changes, a summary of which we may set out below.
Qualifications & exceptions
The summary of changes is described as optional ('may set out').
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No direct notice to users is described, and no summary of changes or version date appears in the supplied text.