Recently, crimes based on Telegram have become very sophisticated and organized. While commission-based brokers who simply connect drug sellers and buyers have appeared, criminal enterprise-type companies have also appeared that steal personal information from clients in the name of providing personal revenge and use this as an excuse to threaten them. In particular, private revenge agencies combine the dark web and virtual assets to cleverly evade the investigative network and create secondary damage by exploiting the psychology of fraud victims who incur social outrage. As the threshold for crime is lowered and the shield of anonymity is strengthened, criminal activities that exploit legal blind spots are becoming entrenched as a business model, which is one of the most serious threats facing our society.

What is even more shocking is that Telegram is being abused as a key platform for digital sexual exploitation. The ‘vigilante’ case, for which a five-year prison sentence was recently confirmed by the Supreme Court, clearly shows the cruelty of organized sexual crimes taking place within Telegram. The structure in which the leader assigns ranks to the participants and forces them to produce sexual exploitation material by promising ‘graduation’ as a condition for recruiting victims is a direct continuation of the methods of the ‘Nth Room’ in the past. As a result of the police's extensive crackdown, statistics showing that the proportion of teenagers among those arrested for cyber sexual violence are close to half indicate that there is a serious hole in our education field and awareness of digital ethics. Although some results have been achieved through undercover investigations and international cooperation, the legal response system that cannot keep up with the pace of technological development and the physical limitations of overseas servers are still perplexing investigative agencies.

Telegram's shadow is crossing borders and invading security areas. The serial arson incidents targeting the British Prime Minister proved that Telegram can be used as a tool by those behind the scenes to instigate citizens of other countries and undermine democratic values. This incident, which raises the possibility of links to Russia, warns that Telegram is going beyond simple crime and is becoming the front line of international political conflict and information warfare. Meanwhile, from a technical perspective, there is also strong criticism surrounding the cryptocurrency ‘Gram’, which is linked to Telegram. As Bitcoin pioneer Adam Baek pointed out, the centrally controlled supply structure of cryptocurrency has been criticized as being contrary to the spirit of blockchain, which advocates decentralization. This controversy is raising suspicions that the freedom and security pursued by Telegram may ultimately be arbitrarily distorted for corporate interests and criminal convenience.

On the other hand, there are also positive market signals brought about by changes in technological platforms. The surge in renewable energy-related stocks along with the lifting of wind power generation regulations in the U.S. clearly demonstrates the industrial benefits that arise when technology and policy are combined. The fact that companies like CS Wind are recording high stock price growth amid expectations of the normalization of the U.S. market means that, apart from the dark side of digital crime, our economy is in the midst of a huge trend of transition to sustainable energy. Ultimately, although the platform and technology themselves are neutral, the ethical awareness of those who operate them and the legal and institutional regulatory capabilities of the country that controls them are becoming key variables that determine the success or failure of society.