Today in History, April 15: The Titanic’s final cries in the dark before the Atlantic fell silent—here's what happened just before the devastating endOn April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Its wireless telegraph sent distress signals, but help arrived too late for m...
16 Apr, 2026, 01.37 AM IST
Russia fines Telegram app $432,366 for failing to remove banned content, Ifax reportsAuthorities have repeatedly accused Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps in Russia, of allowing itself to be used as a platfo...
16 Mar, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Moscow chokes Telegram as it pushes state-backed rival appThe Telegram messaging app, an important platform for public and private communications in Russia, is facing new restrictions and fines fo...
10 Feb, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
Moscow court fines Pinterest, Twitch for failing to abide by Russian lawA Russian court fined Pinterest 10 million roubles and Twitch nearly 61.8 million roubles for violating internet regulations, according to ...
27 Aug, 2025, 06.22 PM IST
Sebi fines 11 entities Rs 4 cr for share price manipulationMarkets regulator Sebi on Wednesday imposed a penalty totalling Rs 3.87 crore on 11 individuals for manipulating the share price of Darshan...
30 Jul, 2025, 05.48 PM IST
Russian court fines Telegram app for refusal to remove anti-government content: ReportThe report added that some of the channels listed in the court documents called for participation in anti-government protests that aimed at...
08 Apr, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questionsThe e-Safety Commission in March 2024 sought responses from social media platforms YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, and blam...
24 Feb, 2025, 11.50 AM IST
Is the U.S. trying to control Telegram by using France as its proxy? Diplomatic standoff may beginPavel Durov is being investigated for Telegram's possible involvement in illegal activities. Governments and tech communities worldwide are...
30 Aug, 2024, 12.43 AM IST
Telegram Messenger in the dark as to why fines in Russia were droppedFines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet's Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies ar...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.02 AM IST
Google, Meta and Tiktok's debts removed from Russian databaseFines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet's Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies ar...
03 Jan, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Russia fines Telegram and Viber over war-related contentDubai-based Telegram was ordered to pay 4 million roubles ($47,525), Interfax said, and the Japanese company behind Viber was fined 1 milli...
20 Jun, 2023, 03.59 PM 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
Telegram app to appeal suspension over neo-Nazi probeThe court fined Telegram a million reais (about $198,000) per day and ordered the temporary suspension of its activities for failing to ass...
28 Apr, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Russia's watchdog imposes measures against TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, PinterestRussia has repeatedly threatened to fine sites - including Google, that violate harsh new laws criminalising the spreading of "false inform...
19 Aug, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned contentMoscow wants foreign internet firms to open full-fledged offices in Russia and to store Russians' personal data on its territory. On Tuesda...
14 Sep, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
Russia fines Facebook, Telegram over banned contentA Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). It wasn't immediat...
11 Jun, 2021, 01.41 AM IST
Russia fines TikTok over calls for minors to join protestsThe court said on its Telegram channel that the video-sharing platform had been found guilty of failing to remove information that violates...
06 Apr, 2021, 05.05 PM IST