Apple Pulled Telegram Over Child Abuse Images but Left X Alone

Apple removed Telegram from its App Store for about an hour on August 3, 2026, citing child sexual abuse images. X stayed available despite sexualized images of children created by its Grok AI tool circulating on the platform. The Verge reported that removing X would likely have triggered major political backlash. Georgetown's Anupam Chander noted that penalizing an entire platform invites blowback.