Telegram

Telegram is a social media service.

 https://telegram.org/   
Started: 14 August 2013
Founders: Nikolai Durov, Pavel Durov

Constitutes: Social medium,  Alt Tech

Telegram is a social medium and instant messaging (IM) platform. Founded by the Russian brothers Nikolai Durov and Pavel Durov, who created it after the feds of Russia took over their first social media project, VKontakte.

Funding

The company was initially supported by founding CEO Pavel Durov's personal funds after the sale of his stake in VK. After that it collected $1.7 billion from investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Benchmark. In March 2024, Telegram sold an additional $330 million in bonds, making it more of a corporation.

Ads

In 2017, in an attempt to monetize Telegram, the company used crypto to to start a native cryptocurrency "Gram" and earn money from users. Telegram has stated that the company will never serve advertisements in private chats. They reversed that policy in 2021.

Enemy image

Due to Telegram’s privacy reputation, along with its calls for free speech, the site has appeared in ccm for promotion of illegal child porn, murder and arms smuggling, in particular in enemy image countries so to speak, such as Iran, Russia and Turkey.

2019 Puerto Rico riots

Telegram was the main subject surrounding the 2019 Puerto Rico riots that ended up in the resignation of then-Governor Ricardo Rosselló. Hundreds of pages of a group chat between Rosselló and members of his staff were leaked. The messages were considered vulgar, racist, and homophobic, with members of the chat discussing how they would use the media to target potential political opponents.

Germany

The establishment in Germany dislikes Telegram, as a spot of resistance, very much. Focusing on threats of violence and "hate" (which are no doubt to be found there). The screenshot by the Austrian television channel Auf1TV dates December 10th 2021 and is based on an insider message received shortly before by Eva Herman and Andreas Popp. The German government plans a media campaign, or even wants to restrict access to the platform (banning from app stores). A few days later the media campaign started.

In Germany, during and in the aftermath of Corona-related protests, Telegram came into the headlines for not cooperating enough with law enforcement. In early 2022 the Federal Ministry of the Interior wanted to intensify pressure on Telegram after threats against politicians and others were not processed and deleted. The Interior Ministry received an e-mail address from Google in February 2022 to which the company leadership finally replied.

By mid 2022 commercially-controlled media reports complained that Telegram only reliably works together with government authorities with respect to child abuse material and 'terrorism'. In September 2022 Telegram asked it's German users how to proceed in the matter. Reports from August 2024 indicate that law enforcement authorities still think of the cooperation as difficult.

RT is blocked on Telegram in Germany if downloaded from app stores, but is still possible to read if the app is downloaded direct from Telegram.

France

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was briefly detained in France in September 2024. Durov has agreed to remove the "People Nearby" feature, tighten the "moderation of content" (censorship), and disclose anonymous data of some users. Telgeram's cooperation with France's justice system after his arrest has resulted in other countries requesting information from the platform as part of "cybercrime investigation".

Russia

In August 2024, the Russian president signed into law a bill regulating the operation of instant messaging services. According to the law, the owners of Telegram channel owners with an audience over 10,000 will have to report data on themselves to the Russian telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor in a form and scope determined by the government. The law bans any channel not included in Roskomnadzor's 10,000+ list to post advertising, distribute information about the possible funding of the channel and its owners, while other Telegram channels cannot repost its messages.

Videos

Telegram Hands Over User Data to German Police - Mental Outlaw

Telegram on Wikispooks

	Has telegram	Description
'Somebitchtoldme'	https://t.me/somebitchiknow	US based researcher
'Open Hands'	https://t.me/openhands2022	Hacking group which published documents of David Barnea
Anonyme Citoyen	https://t.me/s/AnonymeCitoyen	Telegram channel that posts videos of protests around the world. Started during the Yellow Vest movement.
Apolut	https://t.me/s/apolut	German-language independent media
Russel Bentley	https://t.me/TXDPR	American who went to Ukraine in 2014 to fight for the separatists in Donbas
Maxime Bernier	https://t.me/MaximeBernier	Maverick politician; former MP and Minister; Leader of the People's Party of Canada, campaigning for COVID-19/Resistance.
Big League Politics	https://t.me/bigleaguepolitics	Big League Politics is a politically independent news website, reporting from a Pro-Trump point of view.
Andriy Biletsky	https://t.me/BiletskyAndriy	Azov leader
Adrien Bocquet	https://t.me/adrienbocquet	Aid worker who went to Ukraine and says he observed war crimes committed by the Azov battalion
Shahid Bolsen	https://t.me/MiddleNationChannel
CIA	https://t.me/s/SecurelyContactingCIA	The most high profile of the US intelligence agencies, a covert agent of foreign policy. Funded by a 'black budget' derived from the global drug trade, the CIA is experienced at assassination, blackmail, instigating coups and other such covert deep state actions. Its scrutiny in the early 1970s however led to the development of more secure bases for the most sensitive deep state operations.
Tucker Carlson	https://t.me/TuckerCarlsonOfficial	American journalist and TV personality. Against COVID, but with a connection to the CIA and its operation in Nicaragua.
Daily Expose	https://t.me/dailyexpose	"Misinformation" website based in Great Britain.
James Delingpole	https://t.me/joinchat/TD0MUHDH3tfVEa7p	British COVID-19 Dissident journalist
Die Linke	https://t.me/dielinke	Left wing populist party in Germany.
Vladimir Dzhabarov	https://t.me/senatorDzhabarov	Russian politician and spook.
Encyclopedia Dramatica	https://t.me/encyclopedia dramatica	"Wikipedia's evil twin"
Everipedia	https://t.me/everipedia	An online encyclopaedia which uses blockchain.
Cassandra Fairbanks	https://t.me/CassandraFairbanks	American journalist; reported on Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning.
James Fetzer	https://t.me/JimFetzerNews	Deep politics researcher who was convicted to pay $450,000 for defamation for his work on Sandy Hook.
Viviane Fischer	https://t.me/Viviane Fischer	Dissident lawyer who works with the Corona Investigative Committee
Joaquin Flores	https://t.me/NewResistance	Geopolitical and social analyst based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Fort Russ	https://t.me/fort russ news	Named as an outlet of "Fake News" by PropOrNot.
Reiner Fuellmich	https://t.me/ReinerFuellmichEnglish	Dissident lawyer who was involved with the Corona Investigative Committee, now accused of theft.
Nick Fuentes	https://t.me/nickjfuentes	American conservative activist, his supporters are known as Groypers
Matt Gaetz	https://t.me/MattGaetzOfficial	Congressman for Florida since 2017, described as an ally of former president Donald Trump.
Geopolitics & Empire	https://t.me/GeopoliticsAndEmpire	Podcast censored by Western corporate/governments for Covid-19 coverage and other deep state subjects.
Marjorie Taylor Greene	https://t.me/RealMarjorieGreene	Republican politician from Georgia.
Jeremy R. Hammond	https://t.me/jrhchannel	Recipient of the Project Censored 2010 Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.
Health Freedom For Humanity	https://t.me/HealthFreedomForHumanity	American group of health professionals; who advocate for Health Freedom.
Taylor Hudak	https://t.me/taylorhudak	Dissident journalist
IceAgeFarmer	https://t.me/iceagefarmer	California based researcher with an interest in the manipulation of the global food supply, the coming global solar minimum, to the globalist plan to "reset the table" and transform global food systems.
Intel Slava	https://t.me/s/intelslava
Jerm Warfare	https://t.me/jermwarfare	Long-format interviews on a number of subjects with a number of personalities, often dissidents in their field or independent analysts.
Cristina Martín Jiménez	https://t.me/cristinamartinjimenezescritora	Spanish writer and researcher with an interest in the Bilderberg club
Craig Kelly	https://t.me/craigkelly	Australian dissident MP; COVID-19/Resistance.
Pierre Kory	https://t.me/PierreKoryFLCCCofficial	Founding member of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance. Promoter of ivermectin.
Patrick Lancaster	https://t.me/s/patricklancasternewstoday	Former US Navy sailor living in Donbass who covered the war since the beginning.
Alina Lipp	https://t.me/neuesausrussland	German independent journalist and former Green Party politician living in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass
Gonzalo Lira	https://t.me/realCRP	Chilean–American novelist and film director residing in the Ukraine who was arrested twice by the SBU.
Alan MacLeod	https://t.me/alanmacleod	Staff writer at Mintpress, contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting and the Grayzone
Giorgia Meloni	https://t.me/s/giorgiameloniufficiale
Lee Merritt	https://t.me/FreedomDoc1	Spinal Surgeon with a military background
Robin Monotti	https://t.me/robinmg	One of the most prominent COVID-19/Dissidents in the UK and the world, especially through his Telegram channel
Neon Nettle	https://t.me/neonnettle	A media website; anti-globalist in nature.
Newsmax	https://t.me/gatewaypunditofficial	A conservative American news and opinion website
Christiane Northrup	https://t.me/drchristianenorthrup	American doctor; smeared hard during COVID.
Oracle Films	https://t.me/OracleFilms	Anti establishment filmmaking
Vasily Prozorov	https://t.me/ukr leaks eng	Ex-employee of the SBU who defected to Russia. Assassinated with car bomb in 2024.
Russia Today	https://t.me/rtintl	A global TV channel backed by the Russian government. Allows Western dissidents on air and some deep politics to be discussed. Putting a positive spin on the government, but not too bad coverage of Russia either.
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Documents sourced from Telegram

Title	Type	Subject(s)	Publication date	Author(s)
Document:The Case Reiner Fuellmich - my statement!	Wikispooks Page	Reiner Fuellmich	26 September 2022	Simon Goddek
Intel Slava - assessment of the Donbass situation end 2021	Text	WW3 War party Donbas		Intel Slava

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