Telegram News

2018-02-01 03:17:03 Telegram in the iOS App Store right now.
Searching for "Telegram" shows no Telegram-related results.
I doubt that this is a mistake on Telegram's side. Open / Comment

2018-02-01 03:01:33 Telegram and Telegram X disappeared from the iOS app store!

This might be related to todays Telegram X announcement.
Let's hope it's just a small hiccup and not some evil play by Apple.
We will update you as soon as there are more news. Open / Comment

2017-06-28 22:39:43 Telegram Agrees to Register in Russia, but Not to Share Private Data

Russia's communications regulator had threatened to block Telegram if it did not hand over information needed to put the app on an official government list of information distributors.

Telegram had refused to comply because it feared that it would undermine the privacy of its more than 6 million Russian users.

Russia's Federal Service for Supervision Of Communications said on Wednesday that Telegram had now presented all the required data.

"Thereby Telegram started working in the legal framework of the Russian Federation," the Russian watchdog said.

Durov said later that while he was happy for Telegram to be formally registered in Russia and to supply basic information about the company, he would not do anything to violate the app users' privacy.
"We won't comply with ... laws that are incompatible with Telegram's confidentiality policy or protecting people's private lives," Durov said.

Read more on nytimes.com Open / Comment

2017-06-24 15:19:35 Pavel Durov posted (in russian) on this matter:

"Paradoxically, blocking US-controlled WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger is not on the agenda, but blocking the neutral Telegram Messenger is actively discussed.

As soon as Telegram is blocked, the correspondence of Russian officials, their communication with friends and relatives via WhatsApp/Viber and other sensitive data will be transfered to Apple iCloud and Google Drive.

What is the point from the point of view of Russia's national security? From the side it looks like a kind of sabotage of state interests."

(translated via google translate) Open / Comment

2017-06-24 15:10:30 Russia Threatens to Ban Telegram

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday accused the Telegram messaging app of violating Russian legislation and said it could be blocked if it did not provide it with information about the company that controls Telegram.
Roskomnadzor's head, Alexander Zharov, said in a letter published on the regulator's website that time was running out for Telegram to provide the necessary information.

Read more on fortune.com Open / Comment

2017-06-19 23:27:10 Facebook has revealed it is sharing Instagram and WhatsApp users’ data.

The company has published a blog post detailing some of the ways in which it plans to keep content related to terrorism off the site.

However, one of the tactics is likely to prove highly controversial.

Facebook says one of its current focuses is “cross-platform collaboration”, where it also collects and analyses users’ data from Instagram and WhatsApp – two extremely popular services that are owned by Facebook.

Read more on independent.co.uk Open / Comment

2017-06-12 14:43:23 Pavel Durov is willing to bet $1M that a backdoor in the messaging app "Signal" will be found within 5 years. Open / Comment

2017-05-21 00:40:22 No love for Apple from @durov (he's kinda right though) Open / Comment

2017-05-20 14:26:39 Telegram 4.0

New features:
- Video messages and Telescope
- Payments for Bots
- Instant Views for Everyone & $200K Contest
- Different styles for Instant View and Auto-Night Theme (only iOS for now)

Read the blog posts here, here and here.

This is how our readers voted for the last updates:
(maximum of 5 pts)
3.14 (Instant view, Telegraph): 4.53 pts
3.15 (Pinned chats, ifttt): 4.53 pts
3.16 (Unsend messages): 4.49 pts
3.17 (Themes for Android): 4.34 pts
3.18 (Voice calls): 4.69 pts (new record)

What do you think of the latest update? Vote below! Open / Comment

2017-05-19 23:29:36 Also (again) Apple took really long to review Telegram - much longer than for other apps. On purpose? Open / Comment