DIU responds to blocking of its chatbot in Telegram
Kyiv • UNN
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said that Telegram had blocked their chatbot in violation of the rules and public statements. The intelligence service also emphasizes that they are already working to restore the bot's operation on other platforms
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that Telegram blocked their chatbot in violation of the rules and public statements. This was reported by UNN with reference to the statement of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.
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The intelligence service confirmed that their intelligence chatbot was officially blocked on Telegram.
Today, the management of the Telegram platform has unreasonably blocked a number of official bots that have been countering Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, including the "Main Intelligence Bot". This happened in contravention of the rules and public statements made by the Telegram management
At the same time, the information emphasizes that despite the blocking of the bot, the personal data of Ukrainians who have contacted the bot is safe.
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The intelligence also emphasized that the occupiers are already creating bots with similar names in an attempt to confuse Ukrainians. The DIU urges Ukrainians not to believe fakes and not to send any personal data to chatbots.
We are already restoring the bot to other platforms
Recall
Earlier , UNN reported that Telegram had officially removed a number of chatbotsused by the Ukrainian Defense Forces. In particular, we are talking about the bots of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and the chatbot from the Ministry of Digital Transformation - "eVorog".
