Telegram prioritizes protecting its users’ security and making the app a safe place for everyone.
Why did Telegram ban your account? There are several reasons why Telegram banned your account.
In this article, you will learn why your phone number is banned on Telegram and also how to recover your account.
Things You Should Know
After creating an account with Telegram, you accept its privacy policy and agree not to:
When you get banned on Telegram, you won’t be able to send or receive messages or join channels or groups. Also, you won’t be able to access any features on Telegram until you recover your account.
Before Telegram places a ban on your phone number, there’s a strong reason behind it. Telegram has zero tolerance if a user violates its terms of service, user agreement, and laws.
Telegram will ban accounts that violate its community guidelines by engaging in activities such as copyright infringement, sexually inappropriate content, and fraud
Below are reasons why Telegram banned your phone number:
Telegram mentioned several practices that violate its terms of service. Below are lists of terms of service violations that can cause Telegram to ban your phone number
Telegram will ban your phone number if you share content that promotes violence or if your primary purpose is to incite hatred against a group of people with certain attributes, such as race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation/gender identity.
Sharing of content (photos, videos) that contains adult content, and encourages child pornography is no exception. Telegram will ban your account for this and you may not be able to use Telegram with the same phone number again.
Sending phishing and spam links to your contacts and in random groups will result in a ban.
As a Telegram user, group, or channel owner, Telegram has zero tolerance for any act of terrorism and violence using your channel or group.
Acts of terrorism will lead to a permanent ban without consideration.
Pretending to be someone you’re not and using it to participate in illegal activities can get Telegram to ban your phone number.
Using someone else’s identity for fraudulent reasons also leads to a ban on your account.
Telegram will place a ban on your account if you’re an online bully. Threatening or intimidating someone can make Telegram ban your phone number.
Participating in illegal activity on Telegram will get your phone number banned.
If you use Telegram for drug trafficking, child exploitation, sharing pirated media, impersonating someone else for fraud, or spamming strangers, Telegram will ban you.
If you fail to comply with Telegram’s terms of service, you may risk your account getting a temporary or a permanent ban and Telegram will block you from using its services.
Also, if you’re using Telegram Premium, you might lose all premium account benefits.
If Telegram banned your account, then you have a chance to recover your account. However, the chances of getting Telegram to unban your account are very slim.
How can you contact Telegram support? You need to file an appeal with Telegram support for your banned account.
You can contact Telegram support using these two methods.
Follow the instructions below if you want to contact Telegram support and appeal for your banned account.
After submitting the appeal form, Telegram support will get back to you once they receive your appeal.
Telegram and other social media platforms are very strict when it comes to violating its community guidelines and terms of service.
If you’re found guilty of any of the violations mentioned earlier, Telegram will ban your account.
Multiple reports of sharing sexually inappropriate content will result in Telegram banning your account. This also applies to other policy violations.
However, you can file an appeal to Telegram support if your account has been banned.
Violating Telegram terms of service by engaging in activities such as impersonation, sexually explicit content, harassment, violence, terrorism, cybercrime, and cyberbullying will lead to Telegram banning your account.
You can recover your banned account by contacting Telegram through various channels. You can recover your banned phone number if you file an appeal via the Telegram mobile app or the Telegram support official website.
Or email them directly:
Telegram might limit your account for a few days if it’s your first time and you’re not a industrial scale scammer. However, repeated bans can make you lose your account forever
Your phone number is your identity on Telegram (it’s what makes you a real person on the platform). You can use Telegram without a phone number.
Your phone number is required when you’re creating a new account on Telegram.
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