Telegram founder Pavel Durov drops 'silence voice' bomb against 'West'. Here is what he saysPavel Durov was arrested at an airport near Paris last August. In March, Telegram founder returned to Dubai.
18 May, 2025, 08.52 PM IST
Telegram to hand over IP addresses and user data: Are Russian military secrets at risk?Telegram has experienced significant change based on its user privacy policy, and now onwards it will be easy to track the criminals who wi...
26 Sep, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Ukraine bans official use of Telegram app over fears of Russian spyingThe National Security and Defence Council announced the restrictions after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agen...
20 Sep, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov speaks out after arrest, slams authorities for 'misguided approach'Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, recently arrested in France, has called the accusations against him a 'misguided approach.' He emphasized that T...
06 Sep, 2024, 12.19 PM IST
Telegram becomes free speech flashpoint after founder Pavel Durov's arrestThe company's growth -- it now has more than 900 million users -- has been driven partly by a commitment to free speech. Telegram's light o...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Telegram to ban channels that called for anti-Semitic riots in Russia's DagestanThe popular messaging platform Telegram will block channels that called for anti-Semitic violence in Russia's Dagestan region, Telegram fou...
30 Oct, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
Hamas is barred from social media. Its messages are still spreading.Most online platforms have long banned terrorist organizations and extremist content. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X (formerly ...
19 Oct, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Telegram bans 2,114 groups, channels related to child abuseThe instant messaging platform is one of three entities to which the government on Friday issued notices to remove child sexual abuse mater...
07 Oct, 2023, 08.40 PM IST
Social media companies get MeitY notices over child pornThe Ministry of Electronics and IT in India has issued notices to social media platforms including X, YouTube, and Telegram, warning them t...
07 Oct, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
Telegram app back in Brazil after judge lifts suspensionThe judge kept in place a daily fine of $1 million reais (about $200,000) for Telegram's refusal to provide the data, according to a press ...
30 Apr, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
Brazil court suspends Telegram app in neo-Nazi probeJustice Minister Flavio Dino said the court had fined Telegram a million reais (about $198,000) per day for "not complying" with an ongoing...
27 Apr, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel, drawing ire from officialsYouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's, has been under pressure from Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor and officials were quick to re...
09 Apr, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Why Telegram became the go-to app for Ukrainians - despite being rife with Russian disinformationWe've seen a bombardment of "imposter content" circulating - including fake news reports and deepfake videos - while Ukranians and the rest...
27 Mar, 2022, 12.22 PM IST
IT ministry blocks Telegram channel with derogatory images of Hindu womenPhotos of Hindu women were allegedly shared on the channel created on Telegram and has been banned, according to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishn...
05 Jan, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Facebook's loss, Telegram's gain: Chat app adds 'record' 70 mn users in a day after WhatsApp outageTelegram has gone from the 56th most downloaded free app in the United States to the fifth.
06 Oct, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
Study says social groups still risky for childrenThe study between June and July 2020 found that as of early June, up to 110 out of a total of 182 WhatsApp group links that were shared wit...
29 Sep, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Islamic State doesn't need Facebook and TwitterAs Paris came under attack on Friday, the social networks scrambled to delete celebratory tweets and threats from Islamic State supporters.
18 Nov, 2015, 04.39 AM IST