TELEGRAM TO TERROR Spotlight on social network app favoured by fanatics

Terrorist Masood Picture; DAILY MAIL / SOLO SYNDICATION TELEGRAM has faced criticism for failing to stop jihadists using it to peddle extremism.

Islamic State’s previous recruiting tool was Twitter – which this week claimed to have closed 376,890 terror-linked accounts.

But Telegram’s encryption means messages are visible only to the person who has sent them and the individuals meant to receive them. A “lock” prevents hackers and “oppressive regimes” spying.

Jihadist Rachid Kassim, who was killed in a drone strike last month, used Telegram to plot dozens of attacks in his native France. Telegram also allows IS to distribute terror manuals and their official magazine.