Proton VPN Blog: “News that Telegram(new window) founder and CEO Pavel Durov has been arrested(new window) and charged on a wide range of charges(new window), including fraud, drug trafficking, organized crime, and the promotion of terrorism, has thrown a spotlight on the unmoderated nature of the controversial messaging platform. But is Telegram safe to use? As we’ll discuss in this article, that very much depends on how you use it. Telegram is an open source, cloud-based messaging app that allows you to send text messages, voice messages, photos, videos, and files of various types. It was launched in 2013 by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, who also founded the Russian social networking site VK(new window) (from its original name, VKontakte). Boasting over 500 million users, Telegram is wildly popular, in no small part due to the widespread perception that it’s highly secure. This perception is only heightened by a number of governments that are trying to block or ban the app, notably Indonesia, Russia, and Iran…”