Pavel Durov

Telegram CEO lashes out at Apple and Google
Pavel Durov accuses US tech giants of harming app developers with their long review processes and profit cuts
Aug 11, 2022 12:00
Brazil reverses Telegram ban
The Supreme Court revoked its ban after the company complied by censoring President Jair Bolsonaro and other accounts
Mar 21, 2022 01:15
Telegram CEO assesses impact of Russia’s proposal to ban crypto
Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov has said banning crypto will put the brakes on developing technologies that are vital for the economy
Jan 22, 2022 12:39
Telegram’s popularity surges amid Facebook outage as 70mn new users flock to messaging app
Encrypted messenger platform Telegram gained more than 70 million new sign-ups in a single day as Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger all went dark for six hours, plunging users into existential crisis.
Oct 5, 2021 17:44
Platforms like TikTok are full of 'irrelevant content' that is destroying human creativity, says Russian tech billionaire Durov
Online services such as streaming website Netflix and video-sharing platform TikTok are harming human creativity by distracting people from tasks that really matter, the Russian founder of the Telegram Messenger app has claimed.
Sep 6, 2021 14:03
Russian tech billionaire Durov unsurprised to be listed in bombshell Pegasus data leak, says he already knew he was being targeted
Following revelations that Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov was targeted by the notorious Pegasus spyware, the tech billionaire has revealed that he has known for years that he was a potential target of surveillance.
Jul 22, 2021 13:37

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