Telegram's Old Features Removed To Reduce The Number Of Frauds

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JAKARTA - Telegram messaging platform announced that paid users or users who subscribe to Telegram Premium have reached 10 million people worldwide.

Along with the celebration of 10 million Premium subscribers on its platform, Telegram launched several new features and removed some old features in stages.

First, Telegram will remove the People Nearby feature, where the feature, which is only used by less than 0.1 percent of Telegram users, actually has many problems related to bots and scams.

Instead, the Russian messaging platform will launch Business Nearby, which will feature legitimate and verified businesses around your neighborhood.

We have also disabled new media posts to the Telegraph, our self- blogging tool, which appears to have been misused by anonymous actors, Telegram CEO and Founder Pavel Durov wrote on his broadcast channel.

The launch of this new feature comes after the CEO was arrested suddenly in France. In the judge's demands in the country, Pavel Durov must be responsible for alleged involvement in the spread of child pornography, illegal drugs, and software hacking on his platform.

However, Duriv was finally released after paying a ransom of 5 million euros or IDR 85.7 billion. However, he must remain in France for two weeks and must report to the police station every two weeks, during the investigation.

Nevertheless, Durov remains firm in saying that his arrest of him because he must be responsible for the misuse of Telegram by a third party is unreasonable.

However, he committed that the messaging app he led would respond to criticism related to content moderation and remove some abused features for illegal activity.