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NEW: Telegram acknowledges to me it's battling an uptick in violent extremism on its platform amid a surge in new users. In the last 24 hours, the company has shut down what it said are "dozens" of channels that had posted "calls to violence for thousands of subscribers." — PolitiTweet.org