Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health
By Christopher Bing and Munsif Vengattil WASHINGTON/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just…
Durov says Telegram will tackle criticism of how it moderates content
By Mark Trevelyan and Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Telegram boss Pavel Durov said on Friday that the messaging app would tackle criticism of its content moderation and remove some…
Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) – The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit…
South Korea to ask Telegram, other social media firms to help tackle digital sex crimes
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean authorities called on Telegram and other social media platforms on Wednesday to work together with them in deleting and blocking sexually explicit…
Pavel Durov’s arrest will change the future of Telegram
An error of judgement or a voluntary act to reach an agreement with the authorities. These are the two most popular hypotheses as to why Pavel Durov chose to land…
Who is Pavel Durov, CEO of messaging app Telegram?
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1 TV and…
China: goodbye WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram
Why Tim Cook cannot abandon the Asian giant WhatsApp, Threads, Signal and Telegram: China orders, and Apple delivers. It’s not the first time and probably won’t be the last given,…
Telegram platform to hit 1 billion users within year, founder says
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – The Telegram messaging app, one of the most popular social media platforms in Ukraine and Russia, will likely cross 1 billion active monthly users within…
The Telegram Spain case shows how much power a popular app has
‘Block Telegram in Spain’ was the request of the Iberian High Court, but the decision lasted little more than 48 hours, with the judge backtracking due to strong protests from app users. What…
High Court orders temporary suspension of Telegram’s services in Spain
By Charlie Devereux MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram‘s services in the country after media companies complained it was allowing users to…