Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Access to user content is limited to ordinary use of Telegram
Telegram describes its platform as a place where users upload, share and view content in public and private chats. It prohibits access to that user-generated content for any purpose other than the ordinary, legitimate and intended use of Telegram as its user. A limited exception for operating third-party clients, bots and mini apps, and a separate rule on AI development, are stated in later parts of this page.
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Telegram provides a platform where users can upload, share and view content in public and private chats.
Access to user-generated content for any purpose other than ordinary, legitimate, and intended use of the Telegram platform as its user is prohibited.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The prohibition is qualified by a limited exception for data needed to operate a legitimate third-party Telegram Client, Bot or Mini App.
- Use of content in the ordinary, intended way as a Telegram user is outside the prohibition.
Not stated here
- The page does not say who is bound by the word 'prohibited' beyond people seeking access to user-generated content, or how violations are detected or enforced.
- The page addresses outside access to user content; it does not describe how Telegram itself uses user content.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited, retractable data license for third-party clients, bots and mini apps
As a limited exception, Telegram permits access to the data required to launch and operate a legitimate third-party Telegram Client, Telegram Bot or Telegram Mini App. This only applies if the service operates in full compliance with the Telegram Terms of Service and, by extension, the Telegram API Terms of Service and the Terms of Service for Bot Developers. Any such data is licensed on a retractable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable basis, solely to the extent strictly required to operate the relevant service, without limitation to any other stipulations in this document, and pursuant to applicable privacy and data protection laws.
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As a limited exception, Telegram permits access to data required to launch and operate a legitimate third-party Telegram Client, Telegram Bot, or Telegram Mini App
provided that it operates in full compliance with the Telegram Terms of Service, and, by extension, the
Any such data is licensed on a retractable, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable basis solely to the extent strictly required to operate the relevant service and without limitation to any other stipulations contained herein and pursuant to applicable privacy and data protection laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Access is conditioned on full compliance with the Telegram Terms of Service and, by extension, the linked Telegram API Terms of Service and Terms of Service for Bot Developers.
- The license is limited to what is strictly required to operate the relevant client, bot or mini app; it cannot be sublicensed or transferred.
- The license is stated to be without limitation to any other stipulations in this document, which appears to include the AI development rule described in the cards below.
- Subject to applicable privacy and data protection laws.
Not stated here
- The linked API Terms of Service and Terms of Service for Bot Developers are linked from this page but their text is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what they require; they are not analyzed here.
- The page does not say who may retract the license, when, or with what notice.
- The page does not define which data is 'required' to operate a client, bot or mini app.
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Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Follow content owners' copyright conditions; Telegram not liable if you do not
The person using content must adhere to any conditions or limitations on copyright use placed on the content by its rightful owners, as agreed between that person and the owners. Telegram states it will not be liable if they fail to do so.
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Furthermore, you must adhere to any stipulated conditions or limitations in regard to copyright placed on the use of the content by its rightful owners, as agreed between you and them, and Telegram will not be liable if you fail to do so.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The conditions are those 'as agreed between you and them', meaning between the user of the content and its owners.
- The sentence begins 'Furthermore', following the third-party exception, but is worded generally.
Not stated here
- The page does not define who 'you' covers, in particular whether this applies only to operators using the third-party exception or to anyone using content from Telegram.
- The page does not say what other liability Telegram accepts or excludes elsewhere.
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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