According to BlockBeats, on September 6, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said that Telegram has 10 million paying users. In addition, Telegram has deleted the “People Nearby” feature, which is used by less than 0.1% of Telegram users and has problems with robots and scammers. Telegram will launch “Nearby Businesses” to replace it, showing legitimate, verified businesses. These businesses will be able to seamlessly display product catalogs and accept payments.
Additionally, a ban has been imposed on uploading new media to Telegram, an independent blogging tool that appears to have been abused by anonymous actors. While 99.999% of Telegram users have nothing to do with crime, the 0.001% that engage in illegal activity paints a bad image on the entire platform and puts the interests of our nearly one billion users at risk.
