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Telegram founder Pavel Durov facing charges over allowing criminal activity on messaging app | World News
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Pavel Durov, the chief executive of Telegram, is to face further investigation over allegations he allowed criminal activity on the messaging app. French judges have barred Mr Durov from leaving France pending further investigation, but he has avoided being held in custody with a €5m bail. The billionaire founder of the encrypted messaging and social…
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Who is Russian billionaire Pavel Durov, the Telegram messaging app founder detained in France? | Science & Tech News
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Billionaire Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested after arriving in France on his private jet at the weekend. He was reportedly the subject of a search warrant, with French news outlets suggesting an investigation focused on a lack of moderators on the encrypted messaging app and potential criminal activity by users. Telegram is one of…
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Treasury trolled after opening account on instant messaging social platform Discord | Politics News
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His Majesty’s Treasury has opened a Discord account on the instant messaging platform and been subjected to a tidal wave of abuse. The government department’s official Twitter account posted a link to its server on the chat app on Tuesday, though it has apparently been active since 14 October. Discord allows users to communicate with…
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WhatsApp down: Thousands of people report being unable to use messaging app | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp went down for users across the UK this morning, with tens of thousands of people reporting being unable to send or receive messages. Downdetector, which tracks outages, said more than 69,100 reports of problems had been submitted at 8.28am, with issues first detected just before 8am. However, the number of users that experienced issues…
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Prostate cancer messaging may hamper early detection, scientists warn | Science & Tech News
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Public health messaging around prostate cancer places a misleading focus on urinary symptoms and may be hampering efforts of early detection, scientists have warned. Cambridge University researchers said there was “no evidence of a causal link between prostate cancer and either prostate size or troublesome male urinary symptoms”. However, public health guidance regularly promotes this…