Introducing 'MadaniMuzzle': Malaysia's latest tech revolution
Since the government has been taking issues with social media platform providers, a natural solution is to set up an alternative, state-linked platform.
Telegram to cooperate with authorities to curb cyber crimes, Fahmi says
The communications and digital minister describes the meeting as a good start among various agencies to ensure that the application will be safer for users.
Another minister sees Telegram account hacked
Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah's account was hacked just hours after that of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Brazil Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging app Telegram
The order to block the app throughout the country never actually went into effect and Telegram had continued to function normally throughout the weekend.
Brazil Supreme Court judge bars messaging app Telegram
He cites Telegram's failure to comply with orders from Brazilian authorities and remove messages found to contain disinformation.
Lacking oversight, Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle
Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender.
How Facebook slipped
Facebook growth that had been on a seemingly perpetual upward trend slipped at the end of last year, with the number of people using the social network daily declining.
Politician says Germany should ban Telegram unless it tackles extremist content
Telegram has been blamed in Germany for fuelling an increasingly virulent subculture of anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists who exchange news about supposed dangers and arrange protests that have spilled over into violence.
Telegram founder says over 70 million new users joined during Facebook outage
Facebook blames its outage, which kept its 3.5 billion users from accessing services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, on a faulty configuration change.
4 men in Singapore charged over sex videos in second Telegram group case
The case is the second involving a Telegram chat group whose Singapore administrators broke the law by transmitting obscene material.
120 complaints received, over 400 sites blocked, MCMC says amid concerns over child porn
Stiff penalties await those found to be involved in the production or distribution of such material, including hefty fines and long jail terms.
Online shift brings kids closer to red-light territory and paedo-porn
The same messaging apps used to host homework and discussion groups are also used by those looking to access sexually explicit material.