Categories USA Telegram scores top spot as most-downloaded app in the WORLD for January, founder reveals Posted on Posted onFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021By Editor Encrypted social app Telegram has snagged the coveted position of most downloaded (non-gaming) app in the world for January, attracting tens of millions of WhatsApp, Twitter, and TikTok refugees. … Read More >Telegram scores top spot as most-downloaded app in the WORLD for January, founder reveals
Categories USA The Parler precedent? Lawsuit calls on Google to drop Telegram from app store, a week after Apple was targeted in the same way Posted on Posted onJanuary 27, 2021January 27, 2021By Editor A California court has been asked to force Google to remove Telegram from its Play store, over claims that the messenger app is used to incite violence. The legal challenge mirrors a similar suit brought against Apple. … Read More >The Parler precedent? Lawsuit calls on Google to drop Telegram from app store, a week after Apple was targeted in the same way
Categories USA Don Jr. joins Telegram, says Big Tech can deplatform him ‘just like that’ at any time Posted on Posted onJanuary 23, 2021January 23, 2021By Editor Donald Trump Jr. has switched to Telegram as his primary social media, as he expects it to protect him from being silenced by the US tech giants in the same way they treated his father, former President Trump. … Read More >Don Jr. joins Telegram, says Big Tech can deplatform him ‘just like that’ at any time
Categories Russia All you need to know about Telegram – a Russian-made messaging platform with 500 million users Posted on Posted onJanuary 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor We take a look at Telegram’s most important features, why Russia tried to block it and why it could be removed from the App Store. … Read More >All you need to know about Telegram – a Russian-made messaging platform with 500 million users
Categories Uncategorized A big thank you Posted on Posted onJanuary 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Admin A big thank you to all my family, friends and followers of The Oval Circle blog from all over the world. … Read More >A big thank you
Categories USA US-based nonprofit sues Apple to REMOVE Telegram over failure to censor ‘hate speech,’ cites Parler crackdown as example Posted on Posted onJanuary 18, 2021January 18, 2021By Editor The Coalition for a Safer Web, a nonprofit founded by an ex-US ambassador, has sued Apple, demanding it deletes Telegram from its store, arguing that the app is being used to “incite extreme violence” ahead of the inauguration. … Read More >US-based nonprofit sues Apple to REMOVE Telegram over failure to censor ‘hate speech,’ cites Parler crackdown as example
Categories USA WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns over Facebook data-sharing with NO opt-out Posted on Posted onJanuary 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor WhatsApp said it will push back a planned policy update to give users time to review its terms amid fears the Facebook-owned platform will share private data with its parent company, helping to drive a mass migration from the app. … Read More >WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns over Facebook data-sharing with NO opt-out
Categories Business Goodbye, Big Tech? People are losing trust in social media platforms, economist tells Boom Bust Posted on Posted onJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 2021By Editor WhatsApp users have been turning to other encrypted messaging services, particularly Telegram and Signal, since the Facebook-owned app updated its privacy terms. The rival apps have now been uploaded millions of times worldwide. … Read More >Goodbye, Big Tech? People are losing trust in social media platforms, economist tells Boom Bust
Categories Middle East Netanyahu Creates Russian Language Channel on Telegram Posted on Posted onJanuary 14, 2021January 14, 2021By Editor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday created a Russian language channel on the Telegram messaging app. … Read More >Netanyahu Creates Russian Language Channel on Telegram
Categories Russia Russian-made Telegram messenger shoots to top of US app charts, amid fears of wider social media crackdown following Trump ban Posted on Posted onJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor While many social media users are abandoning established services such as Facebook and Twitter, or being blocked from the platforms, a Russian-made messaging service has risen to become one of America’s most popular apps. … Read More >Russian-made Telegram messenger shoots to top of US app charts, amid fears of wider social media crackdown following Trump ban
