Telegram is working on video stickers
Telegram Down: Several Users Reported Outage On Twitter, Issue Fixed
According to Down Detector, users started facing issues with the instant messaging platform Telegram from 07:50 PM IST on January 17, 2022. Half an hour later, the number of reports peaked at 4,464 and then they declined by 12 AM midnight on January 18, 2022. As mentioned on the Down Detector website, about 45% of reports were about the application not functioning properly while another 36% were about server connection related problems. About 19% of users faced issues with the website as well. While these issues were reported at the Indian portal, the global Down Detector portal reports only 446 reports at the peak of the issue.
Telegram filed for enforcement of fines in the amount of $148.000
Telegram fixed Reproducible Builds on Android
Telegram works on message translation through its own servers
What technology will be used is still unknown. Language detection will most likely continue to be on-device.
A Fake Telegram Installer Is Distributing Harmful Purple Fox Malware On Computers
As mentioned in the report by Minerva Labs "We have often observed threat actors using legitimate software for dropping malicious files. This time however is different. This threat actor was able to leave most parts of the attack under the radar by separating the attack into several small files, most of which had very low detection rates by AV engines, with the final stage leading to Purple Fox rootkit infection." The malicious Telegram installer is a compiled AutoIt script and is floating on the internet with the name "Telegram Desktop.exe" and hence, users are advised to beware.
Sponsored Posts in Third Party Clients
Developers using the Telegram API must maintain and start displaying official sponsored posts correctly in their apps by January 1, 2022.
Using the Telegram API will continue to be free for all developers. The rules regarding monetization in third-party applications remain the same: developers are allowed to monetize their efforts through their own advertising or other legal means, provided that all monetization methods used in their applications are clearly mentioned in their app store descriptions.
If the rules are ignored, Telegram will disable applications that violate them.
Sponsored messages in third-party apps
Telegram continues to grow worldwide, in part thanks to third-party apps using the Telegram API. To cover the increasing costs that come with this growth, Telegram added sponsored messages – a paid privacy-friendly way to promote bots and channels.
Third-party developers using the Telegam API are required to support and properly display official sponsored messages in their apps by January 1, 2022. Unfortunately, Telegram cannot financially sustain third-party apps that do not display sponsored messages and they will have to be disconnected.
Telegram's API usage will continue to be free of charge for all developers. The rules regarding monetization in third-party apps remain the same: developers are allowed to monetize their coding efforts through advertising of their own or other legitimate means, provided that all the methods of monetization used in their apps are prominently mentioned in their app store descriptions.
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Telegram advertising platform will exclude state channels
It was temporary, we are now excluding the channels of state officials and governmental organizations from the ad platform. - Durov