Pavel Durov

Founder, CEO at @telegram (2013), founder, ex-CEO of @vkontakte (2006), part-time troll.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

@telegram I’m Pavel Durov, and I approve this message.

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@sebp888 Telegram has never disclosed a single byte of private messages to third parties.

I am still under investigation by the French over a dozen charges, each carrying up to 10 years in prison.

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WhatsApp encryption is a giant fraud.

The state of Texas just sued WhatsApp for lying to users about privacy — because WhatsApp employees have access to “virtually all” private messages.

Now we know what WhatsApp’s founder meant when he said he “sold his users’ privacy.”

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Your Telegram inbox can now run itself.

Assign a bot to read and reply for you — with granular control over its permissions and chat access.

API docs: https://t.co/aAZHC6zsjb

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@wahab_richie Sounds about right — but a lot depends on your exact prompt.

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💪 Anyone can now create their own text transformation style — for example, “Gym Bro” — and turn any message into motivational protein poetry.

🏋️ Then share the style with friends so they can reply like gym bros too.

🔒 All fully confidential. No AI-related privacy leaks.

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@resistancedog Quite the opposite — you can create public links for your styles and share them with anyone.

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@ArislanbekInc https://t.co/jDBwQNutH6

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@MikolaTiam_420 Yes, you can prompt any style you want.

Try it, it’s live on Telegram.

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@TOHEEBADEWALE14 This may take time to sink in.

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🤖 AI devs asked for this — and we delivered.

💬 Bots can now talk to other bots on Telegram.

🧠 Autonomous agents now have a communication layer humans can follow.

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Start building: https://t.co/byR4gGQUR8

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🏆 We just awarded $52,420 to the winners of the Telegram Art Contest.

🎨 The participants did an amazing job with the MiniDurov collectibles.

💎 Their skills and ideas will enrich Telegram’s TON-based NFT ecosystem.

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@Abdalla1695004 @Saeed_AlSuwaidi Exactly!

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🇦🇪 Dubai is full of traffic and crowds again. Already missing the Iranian fireworks — they helped clear the city of the easily impressed.

The UAE’s air defenses proved excellent under fire. For 0% tax, we get better protection than Europeans paying 50%.

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@AlqahtaniA70383 Statistically, more people are killed in peacetime London than in wartime Dubai.

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@BranzinoHQ France punishes makers and rewards takers. The UAE does the opposite.

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Results: https://t.co/cmHuyVdhMd and https://t.co/pp4N8NNjsX

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$100,400 just went to the 15 winners of the TON Consensus Challenge.

The smartest engineers on the planet — some armed with loyal AI sidekicks — helped us maximize the security of the new consensus mechanism.

Telegram contests are the only path to joining our engineering team.