The app has helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus but now faces scrutiny as extremists and conspiracy theorists flock to it amid crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter on disinformation.
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Millions Flock to Telegram and Signal as Fears Grow Over Big Tech
The encrypted messaging services have become the world’s hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of the biggest tech companies and privacy concerns.
Iranian Hackers Can Beat Encrypted Apps like Telegram, Researchers Say
Reports reveal that hackers have been secretly gathering intelligence on opponents of the Iranian regime, breaking into cellphones and computers and outsmarting apps like Telegram.
The 22-Year-Old Coordinating Protests in Belarus, From a Small Office in Poland
Stepan Svetlov hasn’t set foot in Belarus for two years. But his social media profile is now a lodestar for demonstrators back home.
TikTok to Withdraw From Hong Kong as Tech Giants Halt Data Requests
Google, Facebook and Twitter said they were reviewing China’s punitive new national security law for the city, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by major American tech companies.
Facebook Temporarily Stops Hong Kong Data Requests
The social network said it would review the city’s punitive new national security law, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by a large American tech company.
Suspect Held in South Korean Crackdown on Sexually Explicit Videos
Cho Joo-bin was accused of blackmailing dozens of young women, including at least 16 minors, into making sexually explicit video clips of themselves.
In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons
A quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fear a turn toward China-style surveillance.
Covering Protests Where There Is a Distrust of Social Media
Daniel Victor, a reporter in Hong Kong, on why protesters there chose not to go after the Instagram moments while marching.
Chinese Cyberattack Hits Telegram, App Used by Hong Kong Protesters
An attack against the messaging app Telegram and the arrest of a user show how the Hong Kong clash is unfolding digitally, with growing sophistication on both sides.