This is the only Telegram document type with data — Telegram_Content_Policy.jsonl, Telegram_Privacy_Policy.jsonl, and Telegram_Terms_of_Service.jsonl are all empty (0 lines) and have been skipped. This page covers Telegram's Bot/API Developer Terms, with a single scrape (2026-02-03) and 1 unique snippet tagged under 4 keywords.
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Presence facts, not verdicts — each flagged term links to its definition and the exact clause on this page. Absence of a badge means the term isn't currently flagged here, not that the page is risk-free.
Telegram – Other
Dataset: PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) — 25 platforms, 2022–2026
PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) is this wiki’s legacy dataset: pre-tagged JSONL records covering 25 major social-media, messaging, and content-sharing platforms, with risk scores and keywords assigned via systematic extraction of 1,736 high-risk clauses from each platform’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and Community Guidelines, spanning 2022–2026.
Note: This page contains documented policy clauses. Risk assessment is qualitative and context-dependent. For analysis of patterns across platforms, see:
Source: sources/jsonl/Telegram_Other.jsonl
Last updated: 2026-02-03
Overview
This is the only Telegram document type with data — Telegram_Content_Policy.jsonl, Telegram_Privacy_Policy.jsonl, and Telegram_Terms_of_Service.jsonl are all empty (0 lines) and have been skipped. This page covers Telegram’s Bot/API Developer Terms, with a single scrape (2026-02-03) and 1 unique snippet tagged under 4 keywords.
The clause is a developer-facing API restriction: it bans developers from “using, accessing or aggregating data obtained from the Telegram platform to train, fine-tune or otherwise engage in the development, enhancement or deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning models and similar technologies.” It also cross-references a separate “Terms of Service for Content Licensing and AI Scraping” document, confirming Telegram maintains a dedicated AI/scraping-specific terms document not yet captured in this wiki’s source set (no corresponding JSONL or raw folder exists for it).
Flagged Keywords & Risks
artificial intelligence,machine learning,train AI/models,fine-tune— Bans developers from using the Telegram API to train, fine-tune, or otherwise build AI/ML models on Telegram platform data. Why it matters: this restricts what outside developers can do — it doesn’t grant Telegram new rights over user data. It protects Telegram’s platform data from third-party AI training, similar to restrictions seen on X’s Developer Policy and on Spotify’s and Quora’s terms. Telegram’s version explicitly covers fine-tuning as well as initial training, and the text carves out no exception for Telegram’s own potential AI use.
Legal Context & Research Significance
Atkinson (2025) shows that a prohibition on using website content to train AI becomes enforceable against a bot’s deployer once the bot has accessed the page stating that prohibition; Telegram’s API clause forbidding developers from “using, accessing or aggregating data obtained from the Telegram platform to train, fine-tune or otherwise engage in the development… of artificial intelligence, machine learning models” is the same notice-based mechanism applied to API access rather than open-web scraping, and its cross-reference to a separate “Terms of Service for Content Licensing and AI Scraping” document suggests Telegram has built an even more explicit, dedicated layer of this enforceable notice. This restriction falls under wearetosed’s “unilateral control” category, since Telegram alone decides who may train models on its platform data and reserves the right to grant or withhold that permission without reciprocal obligation. With only a single scrape and one unique snippet, this page is among the thinnest in the dataset, but the clause itself is specific enough to ground the citation directly rather than relying on generic boilerplate.
Changes Summary
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | Baseline version (only scrape in this dataset). |
Version History
2026-02-03
- Explicit AI clause: YES
- Non-explicit predatory: NO
- Flagged keywords:
artificial intelligence,machine learning,train AI/models,fine-tune
Clause: artificial intelligence, machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune
1.4. It is forbidden to interfere with the basic functionality of Telegram. This includes but is not limited to: making actions on behalf of the user without the user’s knowledge and consent, preventing self-destructing content from disappearing, preventing last seen and online statuses from being displayed correctly, tampering with the ‘read’ statuses of messages (e.g. implementing a ‘ghost mode’), preventing typing statuses from being sent/displayed, etc. 1.5. Your use of the Telegram API is further subject to the Telegram Terms of Service for Content Licensing and AI Scraping. As such, you are prohibited from using, accessing or aggregating data obtained from the Telegram platform to train, fine-tune or otherwise engage in the development, enhancement or deployment of artificial intelligence, machine learning models and similar technologies. #### 2. Transparency 2.1. You must obtain your own api_id for your application. 2.2. We offer our API free of charge, but your users must be aware of the fact that your app uses the Telegram API and is part of the Telegram ecosystem. This fact must be featured prominently in the app’s description in the app stores and in the in-app intro if your app has it.