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Messaging app Telegram added 25 million new users just in the last 72 hours, announced founder Pavel Durov in a post. The app has now surpassed 500

Signal has seen "unprecedented" and "vertical" growth in recent days, according to Brian Acton, the Signal Foundation's executive chairman.

By Julia Harte, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after rampaging Trump supporters attacked the U.S. C...

Signal, Telegram overtake WhatsApps app downloads by millions over the last week Photo credit: Christian Wiediger (@christianw) / Unsplash Friday, January 15, 2021 10:13 AM UTC Related Stories Signal garners more than 17 million downloads as Telegram surpasses 500 million MAU WhatsApp has become a messaging giant in recent years, so it is quite interesting to see Telegram and Signal beat the Facebook-owned up in terms of new dow...

WhatsApp buys bulk newspaper ads to calm Indian users as downloads slip Details 15 January 2021 WhatsApp has rushed to calm Indian consumers amidst the hullabaloo that came along with its recent privacy update. The company rolled out advertisements in at least 10 English and Hindi newspapers, Reuters reported, announcing that its respect for consumers’ privacy “is coded into [its] DNA” and that the policy update does not impact the privacy of us...

By Julia Harte, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly after rampaging Trump supporters attacked the U.S. C...

By Julia Harte, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Elizabeth Culliford

WhatsApp delays privacy changes amid outrage over personal data grab The Facebook-owned secure chat app will push back its deadline for users to accept new terms that have sparked an exodus to rival messengers 15 January 2021 • 9:11pm Facebook has delayed controversial plans to share more of WhatsApp users information with Mark Zuckerbergs other businesses after being accused of launching a "personal data grab". The social media giant, which also owns Instagram, sparked outcry this month when...

Parler is offline, but violent posts scraped by hackers will haunt users Nitasha Tiku and Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post Jan. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Rioters who stormed the Capitol last week posted some of their planning on Parler, a social media network that prides itself on free speech. "Better advice ... go armed and ready to shoot," one user posted on the site on Jan. 6, according to screenshots shared on Twitter. Over the weekend, Parler was removed from Apple and Googles app s...

WhatsApp fights back as users flee to Signal and Telegram Business January 14, 2021 San Francisco: Facebook is scrambling to deal with a sudden competitive threat to its messaging platform WhatsApp after a change to its terms of service sparked privacy concerns and prompted users to turn to rivals such as Signal and Telegram in droves. The encrypted messaging app, which has more than 2bn users globally, and several of its senior executives spent Tuesday trying to clarify forthcoming privacy p...