In his first statement since his arrest, Pavel Durov blames French authorities, yet he promises to do more to stop criminals abusing Telegram.
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South Korean police have announced an investigation into Telegram following its CEO's arrest in France.
The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been charged in France for allegedly enabling crimes via the popular messaging app.
Popular messenger app Telegram insists it complies with EU law and claims that its detained CEO Pavel Durov has nothing to hide. The platform is known for ignoring authorities and even the media.
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the popular Telegram messaging app, was reportedly arrested in France this evening.
Telegram CEO is giving away thousands of free Premium subscriptions as part of their latest giveaway. The instant messaging app will choose random users who participate in the giveaway on February 29.
The instant messaging app Telegram is getting the Stories feature soon, CEO Pavel Durov announced. Telegram Stories will be accessible at the top of the Chats page with a compact expendable UI.
CEO Pavel Durov has confirmed that Telegram Premium will launch this month. He did not share pricing details but reports suggest that users would have to pay $4.99 to become premium members.
Telegram 5.3 has been released on Android and iOS. The major inclusion with this update is Chat Backgrounds 2.0 which gives users much more control over their chat background themes.
Telegram has been banned in Iran after the country's judiciary said that the app was causing unrest in the country and breaking banking regulations by pursuing its own cryptocurrency.
Pavel Durov has announced that he will donate millions of dollars this year in order to bolster VPN and proxy services in order to allow users to circumvent government bans of the app.
Russia has blocked Telegram after the messaging firm decided not to hand over encryption keys to the FSB. Telegram developers will make back-end changes in order to keep the app working.
After raising $850 million during its first pre-ICO sale of TON tokens, Telegram has sent out a notice to investors in a bid to raise even more money in a secretive second round being held this month.
Iran has filed criminal charges against the CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov. This effectively bans him from going to the country any time soon. Durov says Russia is considering similar laws.
Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, has revealed that he has been asked by the FBI on numerous occasions to include a backdoor in Telegram to give the agency access to user's information, but he refused.
In a tweet, Pavel Durov, the founder of the instant messenger, Telegram, has confirmed that there will be a notification centre to help catch messages before the summer comes to an end.
Pavel Durov has hit out at Apple and Tim Cook via Twitter to criticise the company's slow review process. The update which will bring calls to the app has been under review for 10 days.
