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Ukraine

Russia recruits Ukrainian children on Telegram to plant bombs, UN says

The head of the UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said more than 100 minors have been detained this year for acts of sabotage that they have been recruited to do over social media platforms like Telegram.

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Russia blocks calls via WhatsApp and Telegram

Russian authorities have long engaged in a deliberate and multipronged effort to rein in the internet.

France

Telegram founder to split fortune between his more than 100 children

Durov, 40, said he did not want his six official children and the others born from his sperm donations "to tear each other apart" after his death.

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Belgian watchdog checking Telegram for EU anti-terror compliance

The regulator received more than 450 injunctions issued against Telegram.

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EuroVerify

Fact check: Did France ask Telegram to silence Romanian conservatives?

Paris has categorically rejected the allegations made by Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who has provided no evidence to back up his allegations.

Romania

Romania accuses Russia of interference in Sunday's presidential runoff

The authorities pointed to a fake video that falsely claimed that French troops stationed in Romania had been dressed in Romanian gendarmerie uniforms to interfere in the country's tense election redo.

United Arab Emirates

Telegram's CEO Durov returns to Dubai amid French criminal probe

Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been temporarily allowed to leave France despite being under investigation.

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Whatsapp faces strictest EU platform rules, but not Telegram

Whatsapp will be the 26th online platform to face transparency requirements under the EU’s platform rules.

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Dutch prosecutor and police investigate Telegram's lack of cooperation

The messaging app is barely responding to judicial requests to remove illegal content, the Dutch state secretary wrote to parliament.

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Report shows how messaging apps are used to spread propaganda

A new report outlines how messaging platforms can be used for political propaganda or “information calculated to manipulate public opinion”.

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Telegram U-turn: Platform will now give user data to authorities

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France last month for failing to manage extremist content on the platform.

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Ukraine bans Telegram use on state-issued devices over security fears

Government officials, military personnel and critical infrastructure workers will not be allowed to use the popular messaging app, but Ukrainians remain free to use it in their personal devices.

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says French arrest was 'misguided'

Durov was arrested in Paris last month as part of an investigation into abuse images, drug trafficking and fraudulent transactions linked to the app.

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Will Telegram’s legal woes and X’s Brazil saga shake up social media?

Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov was arrested and charged for how he ran his platform and in the same week, Elon Musk’s platform X was banned in Brazil.

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Telegram faces 'dilemma' after France charges CEO, analysts say

Telegram has been crucial for anti-government protests but also for spreading criminal channels.

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted and banned from leaving France

In a statement, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the judge found there were grounds to formally investigate Durov on all the charges he was initially arrested for.