📰 The beta version 12.5 for Telegram iOS has a smart date recognition function. 📅 Now every date is clickable, and can be recognized in n days or tomorrow, and time can be maintained. When you click on the dates, there are three options.

1. 📄 Just copy to the clipboard.

2. 📅 Adding a calendar to the native application. This is a classic addition of an event, but it is tied to a certain date and time (can be changed).

3. ➡️ Forwarding the entire message to "Saved Messages". However, it doesn't work in copy-protected chats. The time when this messages will arrive is also configured by you. It's useful if the notifications in the groups are muted.

📰 The Telegram 12.5 beta for iOS now allows to prevent your contact in private message 📷 from copying/saving/forwarding/screenshotting messages. This option is available when editing a contact.

📰 The option to block forwarding in PMs can also be enabled in the privacy settings. This will enable this protection in all 1-on-1 chats by default.

⚠️ As you may have noticed, this is a premium feature. It doesn't work at the server level.

📰 Russia has recorded the first case of a Russian citizen being detained for using ⭐️Telegram Stars.

⛓️ Ura.ru reports that the suspect is a 56-year-old resident of Tyumen. He allegedly donated to the administrators of criminal Telegram channels. The specific method of donation is not being disclosed, as there may be several ways to spend the stars for the administrators. The Investigative Committee for the Tyumen Region has opened a criminal case against the detainee under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code. The man faces up to 15 years in prison.

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📰 German Klimenko suggested Telegram could be declared extremist and all forms of payment could be criminalized.

⛓️ This means that even if you buy Telegram Premium or Telegram Stars, you could get a prison sentence. The same thing will happen if you simply advertise on Telegram, invite people there, etc.

It's all very simple and banal. He wants Russians to switch to a national messenger.

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📰 Besides Russia, two other countries are simultaneously discussing restricting/blocking Telegram.

🇺🇦 Ukraine. A terrorist attack on February 22 occurred in Lviv. According to Mayor Sadovyi, a police officer was lured at the scene of the explosion with a false alarm claiming 15 civilians had been killed, some seriously injured. Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Vereshchuk stated that the messaging app is being used to recruit and coordinate terrorists. She argued that if this poses a security threat, the platform's capabilities should be restricted. Ukrainian Interior Minister Klymenko has stated that Telegram needs to be slowed down, but not blocked entirely.

🇵🇭 Philippines. Henry Aguda (Minister of Information and Communications) stated that the messaging app's reputation for promoting pornography, gambling, deepfakes, and financial fraud was cited as the reason for blocking it in the country. The ministry has encountered coordination issues with Telegram's management, which complicates the enforcement of local regulations. The Prime Minister stated that the department will contact representatives of other platforms to combat illegal activities.