This is solid, well-sourced reporting on a real problem. European researchers at AI Forensics documented thousands of men in Italian and Spanish Telegram groups buying and selling hacking tools to spy on intimate partners, along with widespread trading in nonconsensual images and other abuse material. The findings are specific (24,000+ members, 2.8M messages analyzed) and independently corroborated across multiple outlets. The article fairly represents both the scope of the abuse and the limits of the research (researchers couldn't verify if the hacking tools actually work). Telegram's response is included, though the framing emphasizes the platform's scale and how these communities exploit the lack of oversight.