Use & Processing · Restriction or exception
Scraping or using Telegram data for AI development is prohibited
Telegram firmly prohibits scraping, indexing, harvesting, aggregation or use of data obtained from its platform to train, fine-tune, validate or otherwise engage in the development, enhancement, benchmarking or deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning models and similar technologies. Exceptions may be granted only where the specific consent conditions described in the next card are met.
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Telegram firmly prohibits the scraping, indexing, harvesting, aggregation or use of data obtained from its platform to train, fine-tune, validate or otherwise engage in the development, enhancement, benchmarking or deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning models and similar technologies.
Exceptions may be granted in instances where all relevant users individually provide explicit, informed, affirmative and continued consent
Qualifications & exceptions
- Exceptions may be granted where all relevant users individually give explicit, informed, affirmative and continued consent limited to the specific content and context requested.
- The prohibition covers data 'obtained from its platform', not only data obtained by scraping.
Not stated here
- The page does not say who grants exceptions or how a request is made.
- The page does not define 'similar technologies' or say how the prohibition is enforced.
Use & Processing · Restriction or exception
AI exceptions need each relevant user's explicit, continued, context-limited consent
Exceptions to the AI development prohibition may be granted where all relevant users individually provide explicit, informed, affirmative and continued consent. That consent must be strictly limited to the specific content and the chat, channel or non-global context window for which it was requested. Consent obtained in one context is non-transferable and does not grant a license to data in other chats or the broader platform.
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Exceptions may be granted in instances where all relevant users individually provide explicit, informed, affirmative and continued consent that is strictly limited to the specific content and chat, channel, or non-global context window for which it was requested.
Notably, consent obtained in one context is non-transferable and does not grant a license to data in other chats or the broader platform.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Consent must come from all relevant users, individually, not from a group or from Telegram alone.
- Consent is limited to the specific content and the chat, channel or non-global context window requested.
- Consent in one context does not carry to other chats or to the broader platform.
Not stated here
- The page does not say who decides whether an exception is granted or how consent is collected and recorded.
- The page does not explain what 'continued' consent requires, or how a user would withdraw consent.
- The page does not define 'all relevant users'.
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