WhatsApp mass move to Telegram, even Erdogan

Controversial WhatsApp privacy updates have sparked massive user traffic to other platforms, such as Telegram and Signal, as they seem to disagree with Facebook's decision to want their data.

The Telegram service surpassed 500 million active users earlier this year, and now company founder Pavel Durov reports that the number of accounts activated on increased even more in recent days.

"Growth has accelerated so much that 'we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history,'" Durov said in a blog post this week. revealing that even political leaders have joined the platform.

The presidents of Brazil and Turkey have been using Telegram in recent days, in addition to the leaders of France, s, Israel, Taiwan and Mexico, who have been active on the platform for some time.

Durov emphasized Telegram's commitment to transparency in communication, explaining that there are no active tracking algorithms on the platform.

“We are proud that political leaders, as well as many public organizations, rely on Telegram to fight misinformation and spread awareness about important issues in their societies. Unlike other networks, Telegram does not non-transparent algorithms to decide whether a subscriber will see subscribed content or not. As a result, Telegram channels are the only direct way for leaders to reliably connect with their audiences.”

WhatsApp has already announced a delay of 3 months for the new privacy policy, explaining that he wants to give everyone more time to understand what is changing.

However, the company states that consumers are not affected, as their data will not be shared on Facebook or third parties, because the new privacy policy only applies to businesses.

The new deadline for enforcing the new privacy policy is May 15th.

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