The EU exclusively targets platforms that host inconvenient or dissenting speech (Telegram, X, TikTok…). Platforms that algorithmically silence people are left largely untouched, despite far more serious illegal content issues.

The EU imposes impossible rules so it can punish tech firms that refuse to silently censor free speech. We saw the same in France: a baseless “criminal investigation”, then intelligence services offering to help with it if @telegram quietly censored speech…

Yup, that’s how it goes

Great to see my gym buddy @PetrYanUFC 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: https://t.co/xIcOHaoAPj

🥊 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 🥊

▶️ The auction is LIVE! 🥊

t.me/auction/ufcstrike

The sanctioned architect of the EU’s censorship law is a close ally and appointee of Macron. Facing ultralow approval ratings, Macron is trying to silence online critics by turning the entire EU into a digital gulag — through censorship (DSA) and mass surveillance…

Despite some FUD, Telegram has no dependance 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 ≠ shareholders — and I…

🧐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…

The war against privacy never stops in the EU. It’s all for their own good, of course. Who knows what those sneaky Europeans can be up to without more surveillance?

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…

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! ☦️

AI Summaries. Long posts in channels can now be instantly summarized – and Instant View articles (like our blog) show an AI summary at the top.

These summaries use open-source AI models running on Cocoon – a decentralized network built by Telegram to maximize…

on test server bots can create topics 🎉

p = "yehudalev"
x = await bot.create_forum_topic(
chat_id=p,
name="Test Topic from Bot"
)
print(f"{x=}")

await bot.send_message(
"yehudalev",
"Hello from bot in new topic!",
message_thread_id=…

Four hours, really?

I've noticed hypelinks to Wikipedia not generating any previews since November.