Telegram (informally referred to as TG) is a cross-platform instant messaging software , its client is free and open source software, but the server is proprietary software. Users can exchange encrypted and self-destructing messages with each other (similar to “burn after reading”), and send all types of files such as photos and videos. Officially provide mobile version (Android, iOS, Windows Phone), desktop version (Windows, macOS, Linux) and web version and other platform clients; at the same time, the official open application programming interface (API), so there are many third-party clients To choose from, many of them have built-in Chinese.
Telegram is a cross-platform instant messaging software that allows users to exchange encrypted and self-destructing messages with each other, and send all types of files such as photos and videos. The software was founded in 2013 by Russian brothers Nikolai Durov and Pavel Durov , who are also the founders of the well-known Russian social networking site vkontakte . In March 2018, telegram said its monthly active users had reached 200 million.
On November 23, 2021, the official website of the Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Media announced the list of foreign Internet companies that should set up representative offices in Russia, including telegram. On June 10, 2022, Pavel Durov, founder of instant messaging platform Telegram, said that Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan this month.