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😏 Russian authorities have announced that they have opened a criminal case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of facilitating terrorist activity. According to the statement, Russian investigators intend to place Durov on an international wanted list, but this does not mean he is currently internationally wanted. Any actual international notice would require a separate procedure and is not confirmed at this time. The announcement also claims that Ukrainian intelligence services allegedly used the Telegram dating bot "Дайвинчик / Leo" to recruit Russian citizens through social engineering and psychological manipulation. Russian officials say dozens of people aged 12–22 were detained in connection with alleged sabotage, arson, and other crimes. Russian authorities can fuck off and do something actually useful. @telelakel

A vulnerability was discovered (and has already been fixed) affecting Japanese accounts, allowing users to purchase Telegram Stars at extremely low prices (for example, 10,000 Stars for around $1.50). As a result, some users used them to buy the most expensive gifts on the internal marketplace. There is no need to worry. As usual, these gifts remain transfer-restricted, meaning they cannot be sent to external marketplaces (unless they were purchased directly on accounts belonging to third-party marketplaces). Telegram is likely to roll back these purchases and freeze the accounts that took advantage of the vulnerability 🤓 @telelakel

A new configuration value, ephemeral_welcome_messages_max, has been added to the test server with a value of 5. This likely indicates that, in a future update, bots will be able to send users up to 5 ephemeral welcome messages. Previously mentioned: [View 1], [View 2] @telelakel

A future Telegram Desktop update will let you customize your quick reactions. By default, the quick reaction list is automatically ordered based on the reactions you use most often. With this new feature, you'll be able to manually rearrange the order to match your preferences. @telelakel | #tg_desktop

A future Telegram Desktop update will add a new experimental setting called «Favorite folder button». This feature will let you add a customizable button to the folder list, which can act as a shortcut to any Telegram destination. The button supports both tg:// and t.me/ links. @telelakel | #tg_desktop

In the new Telegram Desktop v7.0.2 update, member filtering has been added to groups. When viewing the member list, you can now filter it to show admins, bots, or members by tapping the 🛡 button in the top-right corner. @telelakel | #tg_desktop

Telegram for iOS users may encounter an issue where, without Telegram Premium, they are unable to send messages using the Quote formatting. This is a bug — the feature has not become paid and will be fixed in a future update. As a workaround, tap Send Without Formatting — the message containing the Quote will be sent successfully. @telelakel

✍️ Telegram Beta for iOS is now available by invitation only. The old invitation links will be revoked soon. However, not everyone will be able to join the new beta program. To receive an invitation, you are expected to actively report bugs and provide feedback during testing. Telegram has also introduced a new official bot for beta invitations: @TestFlightInvitesBot. @telelakel

#️⃣ Community limits update. You can add a channel to a Community only if it has up to 10,000 subscribers, and a group only if it has up to 500 members. As for the overall limits, as mentioned earlier, a Community can contain up to 100 groups and channels combined, as well as up to 100 bots. @telelakel

🚽 New Telegram Blog. https://telegram.org/blog/communities-editor-invisible-messages @telelakel

domain.ME has confirmed that t.me was temporarily placed on hold due to OFAC compliance. @telelakel

The test and production help.getConfig have been updated. The default t.me links have been restored. The previous telegram.me links continue to work as before. @telelakel

The t.me domain is back online 😎 @telelakel

🤖 Telegram Bot API updated to v10.2 https://core.telegram.org/bots/api-changelog#july-14-2026 @telelakel

🤖 Telegram updated stable version for iOS and Android to v12.9.0 • List of features.

‼️ Check out some information [View 1], [View 2].

@telelakel | #tgUpdate

I contacted Identity Digital, the registry operator for the .ME domain zone, to request the reason why t.me was placed on "serverHold". The company has now responded and confirmed that the domain was suspended due to OFAC-related compliance requirements.

The domain t.me has been placed on serverHold due to OFAC-related compliance requirements

Identity Digital also stated that, under its agreements with accredited registrars, it cannot provide further details directly to third parties. Any additional communication regarding the registry action must go through the domain's registrar, GoDaddy. @telelakel

Telegram has updated help.getConfig on both the test and production servers, replacing t.me with telegram.me. The new telegram.me links will now be used automatically when copying links in Telegram. @telelakel

According to reports, the t.me domain has been blocked by the Donuts registry, the operator of the .me domain. For now, you can use the alternative telegram.me links instead. @telelakel