Telegram messenger vanishes from the iPhone’s App Store

Telegram has briefly vanished from the App Store, over claims it is being used to share images of child sexual abuse.The controversial messaging app was removed for download onto the iPhone, before being restored, Apple said.The incident follows a similar suspension in 2018, when Apple temporarily pulled ⁠Telegram for material the app's founder Pavel Durov called "inappropriate content" at the time, only to be restored after Telegram beefed up safeguards.An Apple spokesperson confirmed the recent brief removal, saying its review found content that violated guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material."The app was subsequently ⁠restored after the developer promptly removed the content ​and ⁠banned the user who posted it,” the spokesperson added.The app was removed and restored on the