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Telegram offers end-to-end encryption in voice and video calls, [10] and in optional private chats, which Telegram calls Secret Chats. Telegram also has social networking features, allowing users to post stories, create large public groups with up to 200,000 members, or share one-way updates to unlimited audiences in so-called channels. [11]
Telegram: Telegram United Arab Emirates [8] 2013 950 million [9] 9 LinkedIn: Microsoft United States: 2003 930 million [10] 700 million registered users [10] 10 Snapchat: Snap Inc. United States: 2011 800 million [11] 414 million daily active users [11] 11 Douyin: ByteDance China: 2016 755 million [3] 12 Kuaishou: Kuaishou China: 2011 700 ...
Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
The channel was still accessible from the online version of Telegram and the version of the app downloaded directly from Telegram’s website. [2] [16] [17] Before that, Gaza Now announced that, unlike other social media platforms, Telegram refused to take down Palestinian channels disseminating content related to the ongoing conflict. [15]
Nexta (Belarusian pronunciation: niekh-ta) is a Belarusian media outlet that is primarily distributed through Telegram and YouTube channels. The YouTube channel was founded by then 17-year-old student Stsiapan Putsila. [1] [2] The channel's headquarters are located in Warsaw, Poland, after its founder went into exile. [3]
On 7 December 2019, Mash telegram channel won in the nomination "Information telegram channel of the year" at the Web Industry Awards Ceremony. [ 10 ] On 1 February 2021, Sergey Titov, deputy editor-in-chief of Mash, announced his departure from the publication after a report about Putin's Palace and an interview with Arkady Rotenberg .
The lead operator Baksa was arrested, but his accomplice and Telegram users who shared the videos for money remain unknown. While police got the list of people who bought the videos and were investigating, over five million people signed a national petition demanding public disclosure of the identities of users who shared in the chatroom. [20]
[2] [4] [5] Telegram shadowbans channels promoting violence, but according to Southern Poverty Law Center such channels grew exponentially despite Telegram's policing, one accelerationist channel boasting 16,552 followers. [6] In September 2024, the United States announced charges against the two alleged leaders of the network. [7]