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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Pavel Durov

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, pictured in 2016, was recently arrested in France. (Manuel Blondeau/AOP.Press/Corbis)
September 16, 2024, 7:14 pm
What you need to know about Telegram, the app Hamas uses to spread its message
The messaging platform recently blocked some Hamas channels after its Russian-born founder was detained in an arrest by French authorities seeking to clamp down on illicit content
By Josh Axelrod
Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on August 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
August 29, 2024, 6:20 am
French authorities charge Telegram’s Durov in probe into organized crime on app
Judge finds there are grounds to formally investigate Durov on charges including suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, child abuse
By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, seen after his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
August 26, 2024, 3:17 pm
France detains Telegram chief accused of failing to curb use of app for crime, terror
Russian-born founder also suspected of not preventing drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime on platform; Moscow says Paris ‘refusing to cooperate’ over detention
By Sylvie MALIGORNE, Julia Pavesi, Jurgen HECKER and Stuart Williams
An advertisement from WhatsApp is seen in a newspaper at a stall in New Delhi on January 13, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP)
January 13, 2021, 11:32 am
WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals
Facebook-owned messaging app denies new terms of service will make it less secure: ‘We can’t see your private messages or hear your calls’
By AFP
Illustrative: This file photo taken in Moscow on April 6, 2018, shows a person posing while holding a smartphone with the Telegram messenger application on display. (AFP Photo/Alexander Nemenov)
April 13, 2018, 10:45 pm
Russian court rules to block Telegram messaging app
‘Privacy is not for sale,’ founder Pavel Durov says after application banned for its refusal to hand over encryption key
By victoria LOGUINOVA-YAKOVLEVA
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