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. Ng Man-ho, a 27-year-old computer technician, was convicted last month of seven counts of incitement charges after he made use of the 100,000-member Chinese-language channel that he runs and manages to post "seditious messages," which had been shut down since August 2020. ZDNET RECOMMENDS 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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