Pavel Durov claims attackers post illegal content and manipulate reports to ‘trigger the removal of legitimate communities.’ ...

A huge Telegram network was generating fake nude images of more than 680,000 women using deepfake tech, monitoring firm Sensity found.

Apple yanked Telegram from the App Store over an instance of illegal content, while allowing X to remain amid a flurry of nonconsensual deepfakes.

Telegram has been mired in other recent controversies including allegations by Russia of aiding terrorism and criticism by Australia over its handling of violent content.

Russia has charged Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, with aiding terrorism and placed him on an international wanted list.

Soon after the charges were announced, Telegram's official account on X posted an image of Durov making an obscene gesture.

Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store over reported CSAM, highlighting moderation failures and the distribution power held by app-store operators.

The arrest in France of Telegram frontman Pavel Durov may have created a political storm between France and Russia, but it has also thrust his rogue messenger into the headlines—new installs are now ...

Russia charged Pavel Durov with helping terrorists two days after the Kremlin confirmed it was still talking to Telegram.