If you want to delete your account, you can do so without a waiting period. Telegram offers this feature in the Telegram web app and iOS app. You can also access Telegram's instant account ...

CORRECTION (Sept. 6, 2024, 20:19 UTC): An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Telegram had changed its policy for private chats to permit moderators to police them. According to ...

Telegram adds reporting tools for illegal content shared in private discussions. Previously the app only handled reports for public-facing content. The policy shift follows just weeks after CEO ...

Lightner launched what federal prosecutors allege were threats on Telegram, the sprawling, no-holds-barred platform that has become a hive for the movement. Accelerationists aim to speed the ...

The recent arrest of Telegram founder and Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov at Le Bourget airport near Paris has sent shockwaves through the tech world. Elon Musk called on France to “free ...

About nine months ago while researching a story, I found myself added to a large Telegram channel which was focused on selling drugs. I was then added to one about hacking and then one about ...

A British internet watchdog that polices the web for child abuse has reported thousands of illegal images to Telegram over the past two years. The Cambridge-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF ...

Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France, leading Indian agencies to investigate the app's involvement in illegal activities like extortion and gambling. This raises concerns about a ...

Pavel Durov, the chief executive of Telegram, is to face further investigation over allegations he allowed criminal activity on the messaging app. French judges have barred Mr Durov from leaving ...

French prosecutors told CNN they have requested more information from Switzerland over allegations that Telegram founder Pavel Durov conducted “acts of violence” against one of his children.

But the pursuit of Pavel Durov by French authorities, the co-founder of the Telegram messaging app, sets a new precedent. Durov, 39, was born in Russia but became a French citizen in 2021.

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security. By Mike Isaac and Sheera ...