Telegram founder Pavel Durov has criticised India’s temporary restriction on the messaging platform, arguing that the move disrupted access for more than 150 million users without effectively stopping the spread of leaked examination material. The dispute emerged ahead of the rescheduled NEET-UG medical entrance examination, a high-stakes test involving hundreds of thousands of students across […]
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Telegram CEO criticizes WhatsApp security amid US privacy lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO: Telegram founder Pavel Durov has publicly criticized WhatsApp security following a U.S. class-action lawsuit alleging that Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, misled users about the privacy of their encrypted messages. On January 26, Durov wrote on X: “You’d have to be brain-dead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026. When we analyzed how WhatsApp […]
Telegram scales globally with just 30 employees
Telegram, the cloud-based messaging and social media app, has demonstrated that massive global reach doesn’t require a huge workforce. Valued at $30 billion and serving over 1 billion monthly active users, Telegram operates with a remarkably lean team of just 30 employees. Founder Pavel Durov, also known for creating the Russian social network VKontakte, has […]