📰🇷🇺 The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation (on information policy), Andrey Svintsov, stated that Telegram will not be blocked for now.

🎤 This was reported by the media outlet "Ostorozhno Media", which is run by Ksenia Sobchak. The politician responded that it is due to cooperation with local special services and law enforcement agencies, especially when it comes to American IT, where it «is used to analyze information both about industrial-commercial espionage and a certain cross-section of the state of our [Russian] society».

👮‍♂️ But Telegram, attention, actively «cooperates» with Roskomnadzor and the Russian authorities, so its blocking is not expected.

As for Telegram, I think that Telegram will not be blocked for now because the management of the Telegram company interacts with our law enforcement agencies, with Roskomnadzor. And here, I think, we can still use Telegram quite calmly for some considerable time.

📰💥 Despite Svintsov's claims about Telegram, people in various regions of Russia are complaining of intermittent #failures: videos won't load, the interface is slow, and sometimes the app won't open at all. 🛡 Some report that simply using a mobile phone connection, without the need for a VPN, helps.

❌ This week, Russia's insane censorship has blocked Roblox, WhatsApp (gradually), and today, FaceTime and Snapchat.

📰🇷🇺 The Russian President shared his opinion on the influence of Telegram and its analogues on young people in an interview with India Today, according to the propaganda outlet TASS. In the interview, he urged people to talk face-to-face and connect with young people, as the problem of relationships between the younger and older generations has always existed and is reflected in literature and art, among other things.

These images have always been there: fathers and sons. There's nothing new here. <…> But you know what's new? Technology. All these messengers—Telegram and so on—are used to somehow influence the youth environment.

🐵 The war criminal then adds the following:

Young people are always more mobile, more radical; they always feel like they're facing an injustice that no one has ever faced before. <…> When a person gets older and tries to change something, it suddenly becomes clear that a solution can be found, but it's not as simple as it seemed at first glance. We need to talk to young people; we can't just say, "Look, you're so young, you don't understand anything, you're just sitting at home behind the wall." That's not right either. We need to be in constant contact with young people and use their tools, their apparatus, using those same modern means of communicating information to them, feedback, and social media. We need to work there.

📰 Passkeys are working on the main server. 🔑 You can now enable Passkeys on the production server—the most secure way to log in to your Telegram account. To do this, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Passkeys. 🔑 When adding a Passkey, you can select this device to save the Passkey to, or transfer it to another device (in which case you'll need to scan a QR code). Adding or logging in via this method requires biometrics, but deleting it is not necessary.

🛡 They are more secure than emails with codes because Passkeys are impossible to intercept. Passkeys are useful for those whose email accounts are blocked or who are unable to access their email service.

Additionally: ur cloud password still needs to be entered.

📰✅ Passkeys are available to EVERYONE. 🔑 According to @tginfo, 🇷🇺 they were previously available primarily to Russians, as they had significant authorization issues. Passkey had to be added as an authorization method, as both SMS and email could be unavailable or blocked.

✔️As a reminder, this feature is only available on the following clients:
Telegram for Android 12.2.10,
Telegram for iOS 12.2.3,
Telegram Desktop 6.3.6, but only on Windows 10/11 (it supports Windows Hello).
✔️You can also choose your own password manager.

Thanks: 💌💌💌
Windows Hello Instruction: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configure-windows-hello-…

📰 Spam in user private messages has become more frequent. 🫡 This message is entirely in Chinese, and the screenshot claims that Chinese entrepreneurs are offering to rent energy for transfers on the TRON network without commission for just 0.01 TRX, while the usual transfer fee is around 20 TRX.
The spam was created via @postad, which allows you to bypass the restriction that hyperlinks (even usernames) no longer work in new chats from unknown contacts.

What should you do?
1. Restrict incoming messages, at least set them to "premium users only" or, better yet, pay for messages with stars.
2. If you receive a message, click "Block" at the top, set two checkboxes, and confirm the action.

✔️ Telegram promptly deletes these spam messages by freezing accounts, but the spammers don't give up – after appealing, they can recreate their accounts.

Information: 💌💌💌

📰 Kaspersky Lab tracked the life cycle of fraudulent communities on Telegram and found that they last an average of seven months. After that, they migrate en masse to decentralized messaging apps like Simple X. Securitylab.ru reports on this.

👮‍♂️ Experts point out that Telegram is inferior to dedicated, secure messaging apps in terms of privacy, where "paper plane" doesn't use end-to-end encryption in cloud chats, where these servers are centralized, adding that the server code is closed. Based on data from the aforementioned Russian lab, out of 800 blocked resources, the average lifespan in 2021-22 was five months, while in 2023-24, it was nine months. This doesn't mean the persecution has abated.

🏰 Cybercriminals were trying to survive longer on Telegram. For example, they switched to a private mode with requests, or published harmless messages to disguise themselves, or added disclaimers and statements about the legality of the content. None of this prevents blocks, as the option to report them remains, and Telegram has tightened its content moderation.

🛳 In 2025, the BFRepo group (9k+ subscribers) announced its move to SimpleX, and Angel Drainer decided to create its own messenger with support for crypto protocols, which they recommend Telegram users move to those who prioritize privacy. ☝️ And remember one thing: all this doesn't mean the number of cyberthreats will decrease—criminal communities are solving the problem, where Telegram is emerging from the period when it was a mainstay for cybercriminals.

📰 iOS users are receiving a pop-up asking them to update to version 12.2.4, as versions 12.2.3 and earlier will soon no longer work. 🤔 Users can choose to ignore this request and continue using older versions. If you agree, you'll be redirected to App Store.

UPD: this window will appear with every launch until you update to 12.2.4 (142,9 MB) or 12.3 (available in beta).

🤷‍♂️ The reason for this is currently unknown. Regarding compatibility, Telegram works with all iPhones running iOS 13 or later.

📰 A new "Other: Report by Report ID" complaint option has been added for EU users. 🇪🇺🚨 This complaint option has been added for all EU users due to the requirements of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). This complaint option is intended to be SECONDARY, meaning it can be used to supplement a complaint, challenge a moderation decision, or report that illegal content is still accessible.

🛂 Also, it is intended that a complaint ID must be provided through this complaint option; otherwise, moderation will automatically reject your report. Where to obtain the Report ID is currently unknown.