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Telegram developers have released an update to the messenger for Android and iOS. The update includes several new features, including global hashtag search. Previously, hashtags were limited to certain channels or chats. Now, when you click on a hashtag, the cart displays results not only for the current channel, but also for other public channels. […]
Russian propagandists are actively spreading their narratives in the EU via Telegram, taking advantage of the messenger’s lenient rules. European authorities are virtually powerless to resist this influence. This is stated in the article Bloomberg under the headline “Too Small to Police, Too Big to Ignore”. In particular, after the assassination attempt on pro-Russian Slovak […]
A major Telegram update has been released. The most important innovation is the use of monetization. Now, owners of public channels with an audience of 1000 subscribers or more can receive 50% of the revenue from ads shown on their channel – they will pay out in Toncoin. Rewards under the monetization program can be […]
Starting next week, Telegram is introducing the ability to limit the number of people who write personal messages to residents of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Pavel Durov, the owner of the messenger, wrote about this. The option was added allegedly because of complaints from Russian-speaking users about private messages calling for terrorist attacks. Earlier, Telegram […]
Telegram is offering a new way to get a premium subscription for free, but it might not be the best idea, especially for a service based on privacy. Telegram now provides a new Peer-to-Peer Login (P2PL) program. Currently, it is available only on Android and certain territories. The user agrees to allow Telegram to use […]
A draft law authored by MP Mykola Kniazhytskyi of the European Solidarity party aimed at regulating the Telegram messenger in Ukraine was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The draft law presented on March 25 does not provide for the blocking of this platform, but aims to impose a number of restrictions due to […]
On March 25, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered draft law No. 11115, which is supposed to regulate the activities of the Telegram messenger in the country. MPs propose to amend the Law of Ukraine “On Media”. The main difference will be the allocation of “information sharing platforms” providers as new entities in the media […]
Mykola Kniazhytskyi, MP from the European Solidarity party, initiates a bill to regulate Telegram and similar platforms in Ukraine. “The problem with Telegram is not really a media problem. Its problem is that it is a Russian network, which, nevertheless, is actively promoted by the Ukrainian authorities as the main source of information for Ukrainians. […]
The social network Telegram has announced the launch of Telegram Business features. The company’s founder Pavel Durov writes about this. Users can now convert their personal Telegram accounts into business accounts. Pavel Durov You can add an address and business hours to your business page, organize chats with color-coded tags, and use automatic greeting messages […]
Telegram received a list of “potentially problematic” channels from the Ukrainian authorities and is now analyzing them. They promise to take action if they find violations. This was stated by the platform’s representative Remy Wong in a comment to NV. “We are currently studying it (the list from the Ukrainian authorities – ed.) and will […]