The Telegram messaging app, one of the most popular social media platforms, will likely cross one billion active monthly users within a year as it is spreading like 'forest fire', its billionaire founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday.
Item 1 of 2 A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Telegram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoA keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Telegram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023.
Telegram, which is particularly influential in the republics of the former Soviet Union, is ranked as one of the major social media platforms, after Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and Wechat. "I would rather be free than to take orders from anyone," Durov said about his exit from Russia and search for a home for his company which included stints in Berlin, London, Singapore and San Francisco.
When it comes to freedom of speech, though, he said the biggest challengers were not governments but major competitors such as Apple
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