Today, Telegram notified all its users in Spain with this alert:

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…

@AbhinavRaj22935 @telegram Telegram has disclosed ZERO bytes of messaging data to third-parties throughout its history. And we’d rather shut down the entire project than ever start doing it.

@AureaLibe I’ve done it before, and I will do it again. France is at the source of the problem.

@mickal Is there a whitepaper describing your approach?

@ItsThomAnt Yes, they are building surveillance infrastructure. As for minors, they will simply switch to fringe, unregulated platforms and VPNs — and end up less protected.

The “free” French press resorted to xenophobia to discredit me — and it backfired spectacularly. The French people see through labels and state propaganda. Love them! ❤️

@THEJAMIEVANZIJL GrapheneOS (Pixel phones without Google’s spyware) is great for privacy. The fact that the French state attacks it via prosecutors and the media is a mark of its quality.

@TheWatcherOX2 I didn’t realize how bad things really were with the French media until I started following them.

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ON TEST SERVER BOTS CAN CREATE TOPICS ^SH

Officials with the lowest approval ratings in the world (Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez) are the loudest champions of social media bans for teens and ‘misinformation’ crackdowns.

@EmmanuelMacron The majority of the $69B datacenter investment in France is based on a UAE intention that is neither finalized nor binding. Given the anti-tech stance of your 🤡 government, it would be a miracle if this investment ever materializes.

@alexgcalvet Hated leaders often try to silence critics through censorship laws to avoid accountability. Pedro Sanchez started his war on free speech online after the corruption of his family members got exposed on social media.

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Bot API 9.4

🎨 Custom Emoji and Buttons
• Bots can now use custom emoji in outgoing messages if their owner has Telegram Premium.
• Keyboard and inline buttons now support background colors and custom emoji.

💬 Private Chat Topics
• Bots can now create new…