Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp. This is part of a ...

Russia plans to restrict some calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, saying the apps don't cooperate with the government to stop ...

Russia is restricting calls via the foreign messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram, allegedly to defend against terrorists ...

The Russian government, in a latest move, imposed a ban on Telegram, WhatsApp calls as a long-term effort to enhance internet ...

Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share ...

Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, claimed the apps have become "the main services used to defraud and extort ...

Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov, however, has attributed the boost more to WhatsApp's clarification of a privacy policy that includes sharing certain data—though not the content of messages ...

WhatsApp and Telegram allow their users to send all kinds of content, from text documents to images, videos, calendar contacts, or geographic location. However, on Telegram it's possible to send ...

As a result, WhatsApp rivals Signal and Telegram saw a significant boost to their user numbers. While the apps might seem fairly similar on the surface, under the hood, they are all quite different.

This article is more than 4 years old. Telegram and Signal continue to surge following WhatsApp’s privacy backlash—tens of millions of you are now using these messengers for the first time.

Russia claims that WhatsApp and Telegram are used to deceive and extort money, involving Russian citizens in illegal ...