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Telegram comes under the scanner in India for extortion and gambling – will it be banned in India?

Pavel Durov, the co-founder and the chief executive officer of popular messaging platform Telegram …

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Telegram under scrutiny: 7 alleged illegal activities linked to the popular messaging app

The recent arrest of Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, has sparked international debates about the role of…

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Telegram CEO breaks silence after arrest, says it's not true that the platform is an 'anarchic paradise'

"Thanks again for your love and memes," Telegram CEO Pavel Durov wrote on his Telegram channel on T…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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Elon Musk defends Telegram CEO Pavel Durov after arrest in France: "Dangerous times"

X CEO Elon Musk and Telegram CEO Pavel Durov are both tech billionaires who back little moderation …

Katie Balevic   


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Telegram rarely bans channels. Israel-Gaza forced it to step in.

Telegram, which is known for its message encryption and lax moderation, restricted two official Ham…

Matthew Loh   


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Here's what Apple will say if a US TikTok ban becomes law

Sometimes Apple (and other Big Tech companies) have to compromise to stay in business in other coun…

Peter Kafka   


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Discord banned accounts related to a site that sold messages from more than 620 million users

Discord banned several accounts linked to Spy.Pet, a site that was selling millions of user's messa…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Views on Hamas' military Telegram channel have increased tenfold since the war with Israel began

The Telegram channel for Hamas' military wing has more than tripled its following in the days since…

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert   


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Covid-19 vaccination data reportedly leaked – ID proof, date of birth and other details available on Telegram

In what could be a major data breach, personal information of people who received the Covid-19 vacc…

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One year after the Capitol riot, QAnon is evolving — and finding new ways to stay alive

In the absence of posts from anonymous user "Q," online influencers have grown the conspiracy theor…

Kieran Press-Reynolds   


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There's a black market in Russia for dollars and euros with deals organized on Telegram and money changing hands at train stations

People looking to buy and sell foreign currency in Russia popped up on social media sites and messa…

Carla Mozée   


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A former US ambassador is taking Google and Apple to court for hosting messaging service Telegram on their app stores

Far-right activists and conspiracy theorists have widely advertised their presence on Telegram.

Martin Coulter   


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As Signal downloads surge, employees are reportedly worried the messaging app isn't doing enough to head off extremism

Signal's strong privacy focus might mean it's less able to prevent and track harmful behavior on it…

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Russia puts Facebook on alert after ruthlessly banning Telegram

Facebook will have taken note of how Russia has dealt with messaging service Telegram, which was ba…

Jake Kanter,Jake Kanter   


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Binance bans users in Singapore from trading crypto as the country tightens its clampdown on the exchange

The move comes after Singapore's central bank on September 2 said binance.com could be breaching lo…

Isabelle Lee   


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Russian lawmaker demands WhatsApp ban for state employees as Moscow moves to cut off Western technology

Anton Gorelkin said he didn't advise anyone to trust WhatsApp, claiming that Meta works closely wit…

Kate Duffy   


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Chinese police are now conducting random stop-and-search checks for banned foreign apps such as Instagram and Twitter: reports

Certain foreign social media apps are banned in China, but they can be accessed through virtual pri…

Britney Toh   


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Marjorie Taylor Greene is using her permanent ban from Twitter to fundraise and ask for 'emergency contributions' to fight 'Big Tech censorship'

Greene claimed Twitter "accidentally" suspended her on two prior occasions and said she was a victi…

Cheryl Teh   


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Crypto’s ‘great mining migration’ has Chinese miners looking at Texas

What sets the southern US state apart is that its politicians are pro-crypto, which could he…

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'Buy more guns and ammo': The far-right is using messaging apps like Telegram to organize after the Capitol riot

After high-profile bans, far-right social media users are seeking private places to gather away fro…

Rachel E. Greenspan