Saimon Black

Founder, CEO at @telegram (2013), founder, ex-CEO of @vkontakte (2006), part-time troll. Also @durov on Instagram, Snapchat, VK, Facebook.

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@ACLU @amazon @Google @Microsoft @Apple @telegram Dear Followers, use last chance to buy GRAM tokens

https://t.co/CSUyF7DFrT

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@durov https://t.co/Y7eY8EyPLv

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@durov https://t.co/nlSYyh3hPK

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P. S. Please be wary of scammers replying to every tweet of mine, I hope @jack will do something about it.

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Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed. https://t.co/b4LHdkFpDg

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A few words about the power outage in our European server cluster earlier today https://t.co/b4LHdkFpDg

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Power outage at a @telegram server cluster causing issues in Europe. Working to fix it from our side, but a lot depends on when the datacenter provider puts the power equipment in order.

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https://t.co/LLwDhebixd
This week, over 700,000 new users are signing up for Telegram each day. The annual user growth of Telegram surpassed 70% YoY in most markets.

I used the 200M opportunity last week to write about what Telegram stands for.

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Threats to block Telegram unless it gives up private data of its users won't bear fruit. Telegram will stand for freedom and privacy.

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Telegram Login has arrived https://t.co/7ot08gVRk9
Demo & docs are available here https://t.co/3zRcWiBIlr …

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Telegram is back in the AppStore after being absent there since midnight CET.

Every day 500,000+ users download Telegram for Android and another ~100,000 download Telegram for iOS.

Check out yesterday’s update for both platforms:
https://t.co/5flhdJcYJ1

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Some politicians tend to blame tools for actions one can perform with these tools.
https://t.co/kp3y6IqY72

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If you see or receive offers to "buy Grams", let us know at
https://t.co/sjEkOHmA0c

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While apps like Telegram and Signal are currently blocked by the Iranian authorities, WhatsApp remains fully accessible in Iran.

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Iran blocked access to Telegram for its citizens due to opposition activity in channels – my thoughts here
https://t.co/fJjHTrbPw9

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Iranian authorities are blocking access to Telegram for the majority of Iranians after our public refusal to shut down https://t.co/qQNx8Bgc7X and other peacefully protesting channels.

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Happy New Year! Second major Telegram update this December to reinforce the festive mood 🎆

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A Telegram channel (amadnews) started to instruct their subscribers to use Molotov cocktails against police and got suspended due to our "no calls for violence" rule. Be careful – there are lines one shouldn't cross. Similar case from October –

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Attention: Telegram publishes its official announcements only at https://t.co/ivvSFupx91 . Everything else is most likely scam.

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Temporary issues with the https://t.co/JyqtYHZHVL domain name due to some bogus reports to @dotph from Russia. Working with @dotph on this.