According to The Washington Post, the American non-profit organization Coalition for a Safer Web is demanding removal of the Telegram messenger from Apple’s App Store.
Yesterday, the organization Coalition for a Safer Web filed a lawsuit, in which the management of Telegram is accused of the messenger in no way fighting appeals to violence and messages of extremist content. In particular, the situation with the invasion of the United States Capitol in early January is mentioned. The lawsuit says it violates the Apple App Store Terms of Service.
In this sense, the plaintiffs demand the removal of Telegram from the App Store. It is also reported that Coalition for a Safer Web plans to ask the court to remove Telegram from the Google Play Store. Remember that in the latter case, Android users always have the opportunity to download applications from other sources. IOS users do not have this option.
Pavel Durov said that in the first week of January, Telegram’s active user base exceeded 500 million people per month. On January 12, 25 million new users joined Telegram in 72 hours.
Telegram has become the second most downloaded application in the USA
As reported by The Telegraph, Telegram messenger is already ranked second in the ranking of the most downloaded applications in the United States. This happened after Twitter blocked the account of U.S. President Donald Trump; and Apple and Google removed the popular social network of their Parler supporters from their app stores.
In less than a week, since January 6, the United States Telegram messenger has been downloaded about 545 thousand times, that is, three times more than a week before. Experts note that Telegram’s growth in popularity has also been influenced by the new policy of another popular messenger, WhatsApp. On January 8, it was learned that the personal data of WhatsApp users are made available to all Facebook applications.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov confirmed that after the introduction of the new WhatsApp rules, there were noticeably more new users on Telegram.
In addition, the creator of Telegram asked to abandon the iPhone in favor of Android.
The new Telegram update brings voice chats and more features
The telegram team recently released an update to the popular messenger. This is the twelfth and last major update of Telegram in 2020, the next batch of innovations will be presented by developers in 2021. Telegram version 7.3 brings group voice chats for all users, enhanced editing features, new animated emojis and so on.
Voice chat is described by the developers as a new type of audio conference that group members can connect to at any time. You can start voice chat in parallel with normal correspondence in any group – text and voice will complement each other in a single space.
Unlike regular calls, participants do not have to make an appointment. The voice chat is open on an ongoing basis. In the group, you can immediately see which of the participants is currently speaking in the chat. For Android users, the view is available in addition to other applications. In this mode, you can control the microphone and see who is speaking in the chat; even if the Telegram application is minimized.
Telegram gains new features
Another Android innovation is that SD card storage is now supported. For iOS users, it has become possible to read messages using the Siri voice assistant.
In addition, for Android, it became possible to edit the photos sent without reloading; for example, adding an image, text, or stickers to a photo in the media editor. IOS users can quickly edit and send the resulting photo back, without having to save and upload it again. Each of these features was previously available only on one of the platforms; but now iOS and Android users have the same editing capabilities.
The developers did not ignore an area as beloved as animated emojis. Almost two dozen new animated emojis have been added, as well as several animated emojis with sound.
Recently, Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, also announced that this year monetization of the messenger will begin; some new features will be paid for, but current services will continue to be available for free.