Italian Police Investigate Newspaper Piracy on Telegram

2019/09/24

Italian authorities are investigating the operators of groups on the WhatsApp and Telegram platforms which facilitate the pirate distribution of newspapers, according to reports.
 
On September 21, La Repubblica reported that the Postal and Communications Police had referred the names of three people believed to be behind the operation to prosecutors in Cagliari, Sardinia.
 
Authorities are also considering imposing fines on those who downloaded the digital newspaper copies from the groups - according to the report, 10,000 people face the risk of a EUR 24,000 (USD 26,368) fine.
 
Source: Wipr