Notice the subtle but crucial difference between "0 bytes of user data" and "0 bytes of user messages".
In other words they've been happily sharing metadata. And now they can't hide it anymore.
And, they've been sharing metadata for years, as Durov admits:
> Since 2018, Telegram has been able to disclose IP addresses/phone numbers of criminals to authorities, according to our Privacy Policy in most countries.
Obviously, "criminal" is in the eye of the gavel-holder. 👀
