Telegram: a channel or bot is using your work
Here is the official process on Telegram, checked on 15 October 2026. Follow the steps in order.
Before you start
- Gather proof that the photo is yours: the original with its date, an earlier post.
- Use the copyright form of the platform or site (often called a DMCA form).
- If the photo shows you, also report the privacy violation: both can be done in parallel.
The steps
- Check the content is public (channel, bot, public group, stickers): Telegram doesn’t handle private chats.
- Copy the t.me/… links to the content.
- Send a complaint to dmca@telegram.org with the links and proof the work is yours.
- Only the rights owner or their authorized agent can send it.
You don’t need an account. Checked on 15 October 2026.
If it doesn’t work
An official form can go unanswered or be wrongly refused. That’s not the end: there are other doors, heavier but effective — the company hosting the site, the company managing its domain name, the laws of your country, the data protection authority. That’s exactly what we do for you, with your agreement.
- Reporting to the platform
- A written request to the site owner
- The domain name registrar
- The hosting company
- Search engines
- The authority or the courts
Same situation, other platforms
- Facebook Report copyright infringement (photo, creative work)
- Instagram Report copyright infringement (photo, creative work)
- WhatsApp Report use of your photo or work (copyright)
- TikTok Report copyright infringement
- X (Twitter) File a copyright (DMCA) complaint
- YouTube Request a copyright removal
- Snapchat Report copyright infringement
- LinkedIn Report copyright infringement
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This information helps you use your rights. It doesn’t replace advice from a lawyer.