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| 2025 |
Instagram
Following Donald Trump's election, sources reported potential censorship of Democratic Party-related content on Instagram and other Meta platforms, highlighting ongoing concerns about political bias in social media content moderation.
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| February 26 2025 |
Instagram
Instagram Reels experienced a technical error causing a surge of violent and graphic content, leading to a public apology from Meta.
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| February 2025 |
Truecaller
IMY (Sweden's GDPR regulator) initiated an investigation/supervision into Truecaller's data practices.
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| January 2025 |
Instagram
Instagram officially announced three-minute Reels, further expanding the platform's short-form video capabilities.
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| January 2025 |
Truecaller
Truecaller added real-time Caller ID and spam-blocking for iOS 18.2 users.
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| 2024 |
Threema
The FBI successfully obtained Threema messages directly from a mobile phone and used this evidence to lay charges against two suspects.
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| 2024 | Telegram discontinued the 'People Nearby' and 'Groups Nearby' features due to concerns about their potential use for illegal activities. The removal of these location-based features prompted complaints from some users. |
| 2024 |
Truecaller
Ongoing lawsuits in Nigeria against Truecaller (ONWUBUARIRI vs TRUECALLER INTERNATIONAL LLP and OKAFOR vs TRUECALLER INTERNATIONAL LLP) challenging their data collection practices.
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| 2024 |
Truecaller
Reports of the Truecaller database leak resurfaced, continuing to highlight ongoing privacy and security concerns with the platform.
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| 2024 |
Truecaller
Indian data privacy act expected to come into force, which would prevent Truecaller from collecting and using unconsented data for their caller ID database.
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| 2024 | Sociology Compass published a research paper investigating the increasing use of Telegram for illicit drug trade and transactions. |
| 2024 |
Line
Scheduled completion of domestic transfer of user information by Line Corporation.
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| December 2024 |
Instagram
Instagram began trialing a feature to help users reconnect with missed content from mutual followers, showcasing unseen Story Highlights at the end of the Stories tray.
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| December 2024 |
Instagram
Instagram collaborated with MTA to sell Metrocards featuring creators like New York Nico, Overheard In New York, and SubwayTakes.
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| December 2024 | Pavel Durov announced Telegram had reached profitability due to Premium subscriptions and ad sales. |
| December 2024 | Telegram introduced affiliate programs, enabling developers to create referral systems for their bots or mini apps, where users can earn commissions from purchases made by people they refer. |
| November 2024 |
MSN
Microsoft reversed the transition to Microsoft Start, redirecting the Start page back to MSN. They also brought back the MSN app in the same month.
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| November 7 2024 |
Line
Line software versions earlier than version 12 ceased functioning, preventing users from accessing their data. Newer versions refused to work on existing hardware/operating systems, generating random error messages.
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| October 2024 | Telegram increased messaging limits for bots, allowing them to send up to 1000 messages per second to users, with messages beyond the free 30 per second limit being paid using Telegram Stars. |
| October 2024 | Telegram launched Telegram Gateway, a verification platform that allows third-party services to authenticate users by sending verification codes via Telegram. |
| October 21 2024 |
Foursquare City Guide
Foursquare announces the sunsetting of its app by December 15, 2024, with the web version to be discontinued in early 2025.
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| September 2024 |
Threema
CEO Martin Blatter and the remaining founders and original developers left the company.
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| September 2024 |
Instagram
Instagram added a sticker editor allowing users to cut out photo elements, send them privately, and enable sticker addition and writing on photos.
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| September 2024 |
Instagram
Meta paid a $101 million fine for storing up to 600 million Instagram and Facebook user passwords in plain text.
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| September 2024 | Telegram disabled the ability to upload images and videos to Telegraph, previously limited to 5 MB per upload. |
| September 2024 | Telegram announced it will begin handing over users' IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities with valid legal requests or search warrants. |
| September 2024 | Ukraine banned Telegram usage by government officials, military personnel, and key workers on official devices due to concerns about Russian espionage, based on evidence provided by Kyrylo Budanov about Russia's potential access to messages and user data. |
| August 2024 |
Truecaller
TRAI began cracking down on tele spammers, instructing telecom providers to terminate resources of unregistered tele marketers (UTMs), potentially reducing spam calls and Truecaller's ad revenue.
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| August 2024 | BBC investigation revealed Telegram had not responded to requests from NCMEC and Internet Watch Foundation regarding child abuse material on its platform. |
| August 2024 | The European Union launched a probe into Telegram to investigate whether the platform breached digital rules by not providing accurate user numbers as required by the Digital Services Act (DSA). |
| August 2024 | Journalist Ko Narin exposed Telegram chats where teenagers used AI to create deepfake pornographic images of their classmates and teachers. |
| August 28 2024 | Four days after his initial arrest, Pavel Durov was formally charged with the aforementioned crimes. He posted a bail of five million Euros, was prohibited from leaving France, and was released under the condition of reporting to a French police station twice weekly. |
| August 24 2024 | Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram and a French and UAE citizen, was arrested in France by French authorities on multiple serious charges including complicity in managing an online platform for illegal transactions, enabling distribution of child sexual abuse material, drug trafficking, and fraud. |
| August 10 2024 |
Instagram
Instagram's ban in Turkey was lifted after the platform agreed to work with government authorities and accepted their demands. The nine-day ban concluded with a resolution between Instagram and Turkish officials.
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| August 2 2024 |
Instagram
Turkey blocked Instagram after the platform deleted posts offering condolences for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's death.
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| July 2024 | ESET reported a vulnerability that allowed malicious files to be sent to users masked in multimedia. |
| July 2024 | Telegram reached 950 million monthly active users. |
| June 2024 |
Truecaller
TRAI began small tests of a competing Caller ID service based on CNAP (Caller Name Presentation), which could potentially impact Truecaller's usage in India.
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| June 2024 | Telegram launched Telegram Stars to facilitate in-app purchases of digital goods and services. |
| May 2024 | Telegram introduced message effects, building on previous interactive emoji and sticker technologies. |
| April 2024 |
Instagram
Instagram announced plans to test new tools to fight sextortion within weeks.
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| April 19 2024 | Apple removed Telegram from the App Store in China, further restricting the app's availability in the country. |
| April 16 2024 |
Line
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications conducted a second round of administrative guidance to Line Yahoo, criticizing insufficient cybersecurity and privacy protection measures, and requesting a review of the relationship with Naver.
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| April 16 2024 |
Line
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued administrative guidance to LY Corporation twice.
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| April 1 2024 |
Line
Line Yahoo reported plans to gradually separate its systems from Naver, with full separation scheduled for December 2026.
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| March 2024 | Telegram sold an additional $330 million in bonds to maintain its independence. |
| March 2024 | A judge from Spain's Audiencia Nacional initially ordered a temporary blocking of Telegram in Spain due to a copyright infringement complaint from media organizations Mediaset, Atresmedia, and Movistar Plus+. |
| March 2024 | Telegram reached 900 million monthly active users. |
| March 2024 | Following criticism, the same judge suspended the blocking order pending a police report on potential user consequences. |
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