Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blames an extortionist for planting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in a public chat to get the app temporarily removed from Apple's App Store on Monday night. "Apple removed Telegram from the App Store before contacting us," Durov says in a post on X.
Source: [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-takedown-extortion-pavel-durov)