- Telegram CEO of Telegram said 1 billion active users per month.
- CEO Pavel Doro took a shot at WhatsApp, describing him as a “cheap tradition from Telegram”.
- Dorov was allowed to leave France after being held on charges of not curbing the extremist content.
Telegram only struck a massive teacher of 1 billion active users per month.
While CEO Pavel Dorov participated on the Telegram Personal Channel, also happened WhatsApp, which contains more than two billion active users per month.
“In front of us, WhatsApp-a cheap and watering tradition of telegram, wrote. “For years, they tried desperate copying our innovations while burning billions on pressure campaigns and public relations to slow down. They failed. The receipt has grown, became profitable, and regardless of our competitor – kept independently.”
He added in the post that the company had made a profit of $ 547 million in 2024.
Dorov’s criticism came in his opponent after allowing him to return to Dubai after being detained in France for several months.
The CEO was arrested in August 2024 after landing in Paris on his own plane. The French authorities accused him with Multiple crimesIncluding “collusion” in the distribution of sexual assault materials to children and drug smuggling cable With the refusal of cooperation with the investigation of the authorities on the platform. he It was released on bail of $ 5.6 million.
Dorov denied these accusations and wrote in a statement on Telegram on September 5, 2024, that responsibility for the crimes committed by third parties on the platform was “amazing” and “misleading approach”.
Initially, Durov was prevented from leaving France. However, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that his judicial restrictions were temporarily submitted from March 15 to April 7, allowing him to travel again. No details were provided about the conditions for his release or if he will be asked to return.
“The operation is continuing, but it is great to be at home,” Dorov said in a post on Telegram on Monday.
Since its launch in 2013 by the two brothers Pavel and Nikolay Duru, Telegram has placed itself as an alternative to the first privacy of the prevailing messaging applications, with a comprehensive encryption of video calls and secret chats that gained follow -up in countries where the speech is more limited.
Since Dorov’s arrest, Telegram has made some changes in the main policy, including joining Internet Control Corporation – A group that helps in determining the content of sexual assault on children and removing it – and spreading transparency that in detail the amount of content that has been removed, which is a common practice in the industry.
Telegram also announced in September 2024 that it will start sharing IP addresses and perpetrators phone numbers with the application of the law when it is required to do so.
Telegram did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
