Tag: Telegram

Categories Middle East

Turkish Leader Opens Telegram Account After Presidential Administration Quits WhatsApp

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has registered official accounts on the Telegram and BIP messenger apps, the leader’s press office said on Tuesday, after it abandoned the WhatsApp messenger app following new data-based changes in the latter app’s terms of service. … Read More >Turkish Leader Opens Telegram Account After Presidential Administration Quits WhatsApp

Categories Russia

Tech guru Durov warns Apple & Google pose threat to freedom, as Russian Senator says Trump Twitter ban a challenge to sovereignty

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The move by US Tech companies to censor US President Donald Trump has raised concern in Russia, with politicians and IT industry figures expressing concerns about it, and about its potential implications for political freedoms. … Read More >Tech guru Durov warns Apple & Google pose threat to freedom, as Russian Senator says Trump Twitter ban a challenge to sovereignty

Categories Russia

Russian-built Telegram messaging app takes battle with state security over access to data to European Court of Human Rights

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The European Court of Human Rights will consider a long-running dispute between the Telegram messaging service and Russia’s top state security agency over access to users’ data. … Read More >Russian-built Telegram messaging app takes battle with state security over access to data to European Court of Human Rights

Categories Russia

Apple demands that Telegram shut down channels DOXXING Belarusian police officers – CEO Durov says it ‘doesn’t offer much choice’

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov says his widely popular messaging application will have to block three channels, on iOS devices, which have published the personal data of Belarusian police officers, after a request from Apple. … Read More >Apple demands that Telegram shut down channels DOXXING Belarusian police officers – CEO Durov says it ‘doesn’t offer much choice’

Categories Business

Russian ‘Telegram’ founder Durov believes Trump’s TikTok ban will damage America’s reputation as ‘defender of free speech’

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Russia’s most famous internet entrepreneur, Pavel Durov, has criticized the United States for putting pressure on Chinese-owned social network TikTok and threatening the video-sharing service with a complete ban. … Read More >Russian ‘Telegram’ founder Durov believes Trump’s TikTok ban will damage America’s reputation as ‘defender of free speech’

Categories World

Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

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US video conferencing platform Zoom has joined Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram in suspending data requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of the new national security law. … Read More >Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

Categories Russia

Russia lifts ban on Telegram messenger after two years of failing to effectively restrict access

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It’s been the butt of jokes for two years. Now, smartphone users across Russia can immediately get back to doing what they’ve been doing anyway, after media regulator Roskomnadzor removed its restrictions on the Telegram app. … Read More >Russia lifts ban on Telegram messenger after two years of failing to effectively restrict access

Categories USA

US kills Telegram cryptocurrency to maintain dollar dominance as Durov concedes defeat in ‘battle of generation’

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Telegram has been forced to abandon its cryptocurrency initiative, with its founder Pavel Durov blasting the US for seeking to crush any attempt at decentralization in order to maintain its global financial dominance. … Read More >US kills Telegram cryptocurrency to maintain dollar dominance as Durov concedes defeat in ‘battle of generation’

Categories World

‘Police state’ & bad for IT business: Telegram founder who ditched Russia unloads on the US & life in Silicon Valley

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High taxes, bad healthcare, police repression, lack of culture, poor education… Telegram founder Pavel Durov wants you to know he really doesn’t like Silicon Valley and thinks living or doing business in the US is a terrible idea. … Read More >‘Police state’ & bad for IT business: Telegram founder who ditched Russia unloads on the US & life in Silicon Valley