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January 14, 2021 / Last updated : January 14, 2021 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

Mother Jones: Telegram Finally Takes Down Neo-Nazi Channels

Mother Jones: Telegram Finally Takes Down Neo-Nazi Channels. “Since Tuesday, a wave of neo-Nazi and white nationalist accounts have come down. The removals follow an online campaign by activists, including extremist researcher Gwen Snyder, who pushed over the last week for Apple and Google to ban Telegram from their app stores, and for the app’s […]

December 26, 2020 / Last updated : December 26, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Neowin: Telegram adds group voice chats, lays out plans for monetization in 2021

Neowin: Telegram adds group voice chats, lays out plans for monetization in 2021. “Telegram is receiving one more update before the end of 2020, once again bringing new features to the platform. Throughout the year, the company has developed a handful of major new features, including support for video calls, video editing tools, support for […]

November 1, 2020 / Last updated : November 1, 2020 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

BuzzFeed News: Thousands Of Women Have No Idea A Telegram Network Is Sharing Fake Nude Images Of Them

BuzzFeed News: Thousands Of Women Have No Idea A Telegram Network Is Sharing Fake Nude Images Of Them. “Over 680,000 women have no idea their photos were uploaded to a bot on the messaging app Telegram to produce photo-realistic simulated nude images without their knowledge or consent, according to tech researchers. The tool allows people […]

September 13, 2020 / Last updated : September 13, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Bloomberg: Spain Seeks to Tax Facebook, Google Services as Phone Carriers

Bloomberg: Spain Seeks to Tax Facebook, Google Services as Phone Carriers. “Under a new law proposed by the government, ‘all operators who provide telecommunication services without having to provide phone numbers, such as WhatsApp’ and Telegram would have to register as telecommunications operators and would be taxed based on revenue, Sanchez said in a press […]

August 22, 2020 / Last updated : August 22, 2020 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

‘Telegram revolution’: How a social media app helped drive protests in Belarus post presidential polls (New Indian Express)

New Indian Express: ‘Telegram revolution’: How a social media app helped drive protests in Belarus post presidential polls. “Every day, like clockwork, to-do lists for those protesting against Belarus’ authoritarian leader appear in the popular Telegram messaging app. They lay out goals, give times and locations of rallies with business-like precision, and offer spirited encouragement.”

June 21, 2020 / Last updated : June 21, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Reuters: Russia lifts ban on Telegram messaging app after failing to block it

Reuters: Russia lifts ban on Telegram messaging app after failing to block it. “Russia on Thursday lifted a ban on the Telegram messaging app that had failed to stop the widely-used programme operating despite being in force for more than two years.”

May 23, 2020 / Last updated : May 23, 2020 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

CNET: Telegram says group video calls are coming later this year

CNET: Telegram says group video calls are coming later this year. “To help its users stay in touch during the coronavirus pandemic and after, Telegram will add group video calls this year to its popular messaging app, the company said Friday. Telegram also noted that its app — available on Android, iOS, Windows and Mac, […]

February 6, 2020 / Last updated : February 6, 2020 ResearchBuzz Security & Legal Issues

Digital Trends: WhatsApp contains ‘dangerous’ and deliberate backdoors, claims Telegram founder

Digital Trends: WhatsApp contains ‘dangerous’ and deliberate backdoors, claims Telegram founder. “WhatsApp has had a rocky past year as faith in its privacy and encryption promises continued to falter — especially after the world’s richest man fell victim to an infamous security vulnerability. Now, in a scathing blog post, Telegram Messenger’s founder, Pavel Durov, has […]

December 10, 2019 / Last updated : December 10, 2019 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

GitHub Project: A Telegram Mass Surveillance Bot in Python

Interesting GitHub project that turned up in my RSS feeds: A Telegram Mass Surveillance Bot in Python. From the README.md page: “Informer (TGInformer) is a bot library that allows you to masquerade as multiple REAL users on telegram and spy on 500+ Telegram channels per account. Details are logged to a MySQL database, a private […]

December 7, 2019 / Last updated : December 7, 2019 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

Fast Company: There’s now a chatbot to give refugees instant legal advice

Fast Company: There’s now a chatbot to give refugees instant legal advice. “For a Syrian refugee in Lebanon who is trying to navigate the legal path to resettlement, it can be difficult to find answers—and overstretched humanitarian organizations can take as long as three months to respond to an email when the demand for help […]

October 12, 2019 / Last updated : October 12, 2019 ResearchBuzz Around the Search & Social Media World

South China Morning Post: Older Hongkongers taking to online apps and social media for latest updates on protests, and some may join rallies too

South China Morning Post: Older Hongkongers taking to online apps and social media for latest updates on protests, and some may join rallies too . “Retired schoolteacher Bill Lau, 66, first learned about the messaging app Telegram and online forum LIHKG – platforms popular with protesters – from his friends and younger daughter respectively. Curious, […]

September 6, 2019 / Last updated : September 6, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Neowin: Telegram introduces scheduled messages, reminders, improved theming, and more

Neowin: Telegram introduces scheduled messages, reminders, improved theming, and more. “Since its inception in 2013, Telegram has often delivered new features that can’t be found on most other messaging apps. The developers continue to add new features with more updates every now and then, and today it’s time for another one with version 5.11.”

August 31, 2019 / Last updated : August 31, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Exclusive: Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters (Reuters)

Reuters: Exclusive: Messaging app Telegram moves to protect identity of Hong Kong protesters. “The update to Telegram, planned for release over the next few days, will allow protesters to prevent mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities from discovering their identities in the app’s large group chats.”

August 29, 2019 / Last updated : August 29, 2019 ResearchBuzz Useful Stuff

MakeUseOf: The Best Telegram Channels and How to Use Them

MakeUseOf: The Best Telegram Channels and How to Use Them. “One of Telegram’s biggest advantages over similar chat apps is how easy it is to join channels and groups. Telegram channels allow you to meet up with people to talk about any topic you’re interested in. In this article we take a look at the […]

August 10, 2019 / Last updated : August 10, 2019 ResearchBuzz Tweaks & Updates

Neowin: Telegram 5.10 released with silent messages, slow mode, admin titles and more

Neowin: Telegram 5.10 released with silent messages, slow mode, admin titles and more. “Telegram has announced the availability of version 5.10 of its app for Android and iOS. The new update brings a slew of features including silent messages, slow mode, admin titles, video timestamps and thumbnail scrubbing, animated emoji, a new attachment menu on […]

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