False news often spreads via public groups, or chats, with potentially fatal effects. Telegram Messenger Blocks Navalny Bot During Russian Election He adds: "Telegram has become my primary news source." Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users.
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