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The UK's communications regulator Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into Telegram over evidence of child sexual abuse material on the platform, testing the full power of the Online Safety Act for the first time against a major encrypted messaging service. The probe, triggered by intelligence from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, carries penalties of up to 10% of Telegram's global revenue and could ultimately lead to the app being blocked in Britain.