Telegram’s website says it never responds to any reports of any kind of illegal activity in private or group chats, “even if reported by a user.” It also says that unlike other major tech ...

Telegram ignored outreach from child safety watchdogs before CEO's arrest, groups say Telegram’s CEO was arrested in relation to an investigation into an unnamed person involving claims of ...

Nepal blocks Telegram amid rising online fraud and money laundering concerns, citing the app's involvement in serious crimes and lack of cooperation with authorities.

Telegram, which for years has had a reputation as a platform used to trade child sexual abuse material, has for the first time agreed to partner with a larger international watch group to combat ...

Telegram offers users the option to send messages with end-to-end encryption, along with large group chats with as many as 200,000 users. Meta’s WhatsApp has a maximum of 1,024 users.

Telegram has updated its privacy policy, which now says it will disclose a user’s IP address and phone number if the company receives a request from authorities.

In a significant reversal, the company changed its policies, and it will now turn over Telegram user IP addresses and phone numbers to law enforcement agencies in response to valid legal requests.

Telegram’s transparency figures for 2024 also show that the messaging app gave over phone numbers and IP addresses to Indian authorities on 14,641 occasions, affecting 23,535 users.