In 2018, Telegram’s audience reached 200 million people, with 500,000 new users joining the messenger every day. It was launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android on 20 October 2013. Developing social channels based on exchanging a single message isn’t exactly new, of course. Back in 2014, the “Yo” app was launched with the sole purpose of enabling users to send each other the greeting “Yo.” A Hong Kong protester with a petrol bomb. File photo: Dylan Hollingsworth/HKFP. A vandalised bank during the 2019 protest. File photo: May James/HKFP. With Bitcoin down 30% in the past week, some crypto traders have taken to Telegram to “voice” their feelings.
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