The New York Times

How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists

For millions of people, Telegram is like any other social media or messaging app. In Brazil, 167,000 people subscribe to a Telegram channel for news about reality shows and entertainment. More than ...
The New York Times

You’re a Computer Science Major. Don’t Panic.

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...
CNN

After CEO’s arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors’ data over to law ...

Messaging platform Telegram is making some new concessions around safety and user privacy after the arrest of its founder and CEO Pavel Durov in France last month. Durov was arrested and interviewed ...
ProPublica

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE and ...
PBS

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New ...

This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE and ProPublica that includes an upcoming documentary. In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his ...