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How to use usernames to find people on Telegram

Finding a person on Telegram is not such a problem.

Suspicion:

Foreign agent used teen to spray-paint hostile messages

Teen, 17.5, arrested on suspicion of spray-painting hostile messages in Gush Etzion, at the direction of a foreign agent who reached out through Telegram.

Only hours before 10/7:

Hamas' message that wasn't picked up on by Israel

On October 7th, only minutes after midnight, a Hamas-affiliated Telegram account published a series of tweets that might have changed the events of that morning, if it had been noticed by Israel.

Severe incitement

Telegram channel calls for murder of Yehuda Glick

Palestinian Arab Telegram channel with over 100,000 followers called for the murder of former MK Yehuda Glick.

Al Mayadeen's Telegram channel hacked

Hackers gain control of Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen's Telegram channel, posting caricature and, 'Hezbollah are the losers,' to channel's 8.5 million followers.

Days after arrest:

Telegram founder charged in France

Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of messaging app Telegram, charged in France with facilitating various criminal activities.

Telegram CEO arrested in France

Pavel Durov, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of popular Telegram messaging app, detained at Bourget airport near Paris.

Okhotnikov CEO of Meta Force on monetization of Telegram content

Pavel Durov gave 50% of advertising profits to channel owners for the development of the Telegram ecosystem, Lado Okhotnikov spoke about the legal reaction of the SEC

Report:

UNRWA teachers celebrate Oct. 7 rapes and massacre

UN Watch report: Telegram group including 3,000 UNRWA teachers replete with celebrations of Hamas' massacre and rape of Israeli civilians.

Hamas' Telegram channels blocked on Android

Telegram channels of Hamas and Al-Qassam Brigades inaccessible through Google Play Store but can still be accessed on other platforms.

Shin Bet investigating:

President Herzog's Telegram account hacked

The private account of Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the Telegram messenger app was hacked on Wednesday due to a web scam.

Iraq blocks Telegram over 'national security concerns'

Iraq says the app was blocked in order to preserve the integrity of users' personal data.

Brazil suspends Telegram for ignoring order on neo-Nazi groups

Court orders Telegram to be blocked over refusal to hand over personal info of members of neo-Nazi groups accused of inciting violence.

AfD MP resigns after discovery of antisemitic social media posts

Anti-Jewish Telegram posts being investigated by German state security.

UK neo-Nazi who wanted to ‘firebomb a synagogue’ jailed

Glasgow member of extremist group sentenced for sharing video on how to build a replica machine gun.

Telegram gains over 70 million new users

Messaging app says it gained over 70 million new users during Facebook six-hour outage on Monday.

UK anti-racism writer accused of anti-Semitic social media posts

Author's 2014 novel had explored issues of racism and won praise for its portrayal of a mixed-race young woman growing up in Scotland.

Telegram survey: Israel to hold new elections

Channel 12 journalist asks followers who the next PM will be. Their answer? New elections.

Suspected neo-Nazis compiling names of Jews on chat app Telegram

List of Jews includes private individuals as well as public figures.

Netanyahu water offer brings positive Iranian response

100,000 Iranians join Israel's Farsi Telegram account after PM offers water tech: 'We wish them death, they bless us with life.'

Rouhani criticizes ban on Telegram

Iranian President says ban imposed on popular messaging app is “the opposite of democracy”.

Telegram application malfunction in Israel and Europe

Application has gained strong momentum in Israel in last two months, today estimated to serve about one million Israeli users.

Iran blocks calls on popular messaging app

Iran’s judiciary blocks voice calls on Telegram, following arrest of people who ran reformist channels on the app.

Iran cracks down on phone messaging

Tehran demands foreign messaging apps, i.e. Telegram, move all messages from Iranians to local servers by 2017.