Telegram founder Pavel Durov said today that the service now has more than 1 billion active users. This number is up from last year’s reported 950 million monthly active users. Durov also noted that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. WhatsApp and Telegram are very different, but together they dominate ...

The app has exploded in popularity in Israel following Oct. 7 and is known for its lack of content moderation. Telegram, the wildly popular messaging platform beloved by the far right and instrumental ...

Russians offer $4 million for Telegram Messenger hack attack. Update, March 23, 2025: This story, originally published March 22, has been updated with a statement from Telegram. When it comes to ...

March 8 (Reuters) - Authorities in two Russian regions have blocked the Telegram messenger because of concerns that the app could be used by enemies, a regional digital development minister was quoted ...

China has forced Apple to ban WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram in the country's App Store. Credit: Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images iPhone users in China no longer have access to some ...

PARIS/MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly after landing on a ...

WhatsApp said on Thursday that Russia has started cutting off millions of users from using secure calls on the platform, accusing the Kremlin of trying to crush private communication as it pushes its ...

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When Pavel Durov, a Russian tech entrepreneur who founded the Telegram messenger app, was arrested in Paris on Aug. 24 on accusations of allowing terrorism to blossom on his platform, Ukraine watched ...

Russia wants everyone in the country to download the Superapp: MAX. The state-backed messaging app -- MAX -- is said to be designed to serve as a comprehensive "Superapp." Launched as part of a ...