Russia has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov over alleged facilitation of terrorist ...

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the Telegram messenger app had to comply with Russian law and that the state communications regulator was obliged to act if Telegram did ...

Russia's communications regulator on Tuesday began imposing gradual restrictions on Telegram, slowing its messenger services for failing to protect personal data and prevent terrorists and criminals ...

Russian authorities are denying media reports of plans to fully block Telegram from 1 April, noting that no decisions have been made on the matter yet. For many Russians, this sounds like an indirect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia's internet watchdog on Tuesday announced it was throttling the Telegram messenger platform for alleged violations of ...

Meta controls some of the most popular messaging apps in the world, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Even though Instagram isn't a messaging-first app, it's also commonly used for that.

Founded in 2013 by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, Telegram is a cloud-based encrypted messaging service with over 400 million users. Through its purported security and strict adherence to principles of ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

Telegram just added a feature that makes it easier for users to delete any message they've ever sent — or any message they've ever received. The service announced this weekend that users can now ...

Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have been advised to stop using Max — the Kremlin-backed “national messenger” app designed to replace Telegram — because it is not secure enough, the independent ...