Pavel Durov

🤥WhatsApp’s “encryption” may be the biggest consumer fraud in history — deceiving billions of users. Despite its claims, it reads users’ messages and shares them with third parties. Telegram has never done this — and never will🤝

🚀The TON blockchain just got upgraded and is now10× faster.⚡️Block rateincreased 6×.⏱Transactions are nowinstant,subsecond.🪙This was step1of7toMake TON Great Again(MTONGA).Next step:cut the already low transaction fees by6×.✂️

🇪🇺The EU is trying to justify its push for more surveillance (Chat Control) and censorship (DSA) via controlled NGOs and media. AI Forensics, a Soros-funded contractor to the European Commission, is telling us that Telegram is a PROBLEM because people can discuss content from OTHER social media in PRIVATE telegram groups (see the screenshot from state-owned France24 below).📣The crazy narrative ...

✨Our new fully private AI Editor lets you translate and proofread your messages — or rewrite them in Tribal, Zen, Corp, Biblical, or Viking styles.🎨This month, anyone will be able to create & share their own styles.🐣A new platform inside Telegram is being born!

Meet the most powerful polls tech in social media. Telegram's update packs a dozen new features:🗳Attach photos, videos & audios to options💡Let users suggest new options in active polls🔐Disable revoting for fixed results😃Shuffle options per user⏱Set time limits on polls👀Show who voted next to each option📊View results without voting🔔Get notified when someone votes📂View all polls in groups / ...

🔄Your massive monthly Telegram update is out.🧠100% private AI Editor for your outgoing messages.🗳The most powerful polls in any messenger (+12 new features).🖼Support for Live Photos & Motion Photos.🤖Ability for [AI] Bots to create [AI] Bots for users — in one tap.📹Demos:https://telegram.org/blog/ai-editor-mighty-polls-and-more

😎Telegram was banned in Russia — yet 65M Russians still use it daily via VPNs, with 50M+ sending messages every day. The government has spent years trying to ban VPNs too. Their blocking attempts just triggered a massive banking failure — cash briefly became the only payment method nationwide yesterday.😂🧊Iran banned Telegram years ago, with a result similar to Russia. The government hoped for m...

💸Telegram has fully repaid the bonds we issued 5 years ago.🎆💰Since 2021, we’ve built an innovative monetization strategy and reached profitability in 2024. As a result, our new bond issuance last year was oversubscribed.💪🙏Thank you for your support!

📝All Telegram chatbots can now stream responses to users in real time — great for AI assistants.

🎆Unfortunately, I had to leave Dubai for Europe a week ago — so I’m not only missing the free fireworks from Iran, but also exposing myself to greater risk. Given Europe’s crime rates, Dubai is statistically safer even with missiles flying. Can’t wait to be back.➕In addition to a new war, there’s also a new Telegram update. New features > new war😏What’s📢📢: Member Tags, Login with Telegram, Dis...

💣Russia has opened a criminal case against me for “aiding terrorism.” Each day, the authorities fabricate new pretexts to restrict Russians’ access to Telegram as they seek tosuppressthe right to privacy and free speech. A sad spectacle of a state afraid of its own people.🤦‍♂️

😎Telegram built the most powerful API for chatbot and mini app developers — and made it free.😙We keep expanding it with features like these colored buttons and custom emoji.😏Track what’s new here:https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

🔥Telegram for Android got its biggest redesign in 10 years. A few details to iron out, but it’s mostly complete — and already available to everyone.

Russia is restricting access to Telegram in an attempt to force its citizens to switch to a state-controlled app built for surveillance and political censorship.8 years ago, Iran tried the same strategy — and failed. It banned Telegram on made-up pretexts, trying to force people onto a state-run alternative.Despite the ban, most Iranians still use Telegram (bypassing censorship) and prefer it to s...

🇪🇸My message to Telegram users in Spain❗️Pedro Sánchez’s government is pushing dangerous new regulations that threaten your internet freedoms. Announced just yesterday, these measures could turn Spain into a surveillance state under the guise of “protection.” Here’s why they’re a red flag for free speech and privacy:1.Ban on social media for under-16s with mandatory age verification: This isn’t ...

This year, I wish you less —less information📣less food🍆less entertainment📺less communication💬less stimulation⚡️You already have too much of all that, and it stands in the way of your serenity🧊, health💪, sleep💤and creativity🖼.Merry Christmas!🎄

🧐Despite some FUD, Telegram has no dependence on Russian capital. Our recent $1.7B bond offering included exactly zero Russian investors. Old bonds issued in 2021 have largely been repaid and pose no issue.😌In any case, bondholders are not shareholders and have no say over Telegram’s decisions. I am the sole shareholder.😈

🤯I was just told that I have over 100 biological kids. How is this possible for a guy who has never been married and prefers to live alone?🤨🔙Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine approached me with a weird request. He said that he and his wife couldn’t…

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🥊Great to see my gym buddy Petr Yan win the UFC title — with Gifts shining in the background🥊🎁The UFC Strike Gifts auction on Telegram starts in 4 hours. Don’t miss it!t.me/auction/ufcstrike🥊