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"Every day, Telegram's moderators and AI tools remove millions of obviously harmful content from our public platform. However, tackling war-related coverage is seldom obvious.
Earlier this week, Hamas used Telegram to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives β or would it endanger more lives?
Itβs always tempting to act on emotional impulses. But such complex situations require thorough consideration that should also take into account the differences between social platforms.
Unlike other apps that algorithmically promote shocking content to unsuspecting people, on Telegram, users receive only the content to which they specifically subscribed. As such, it's unlikely that Telegram channels can be used to significantly amplify propaganda. Instead, they serve as a unique source of first-hand information for researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers.
While it would be easy for us to destroy this source of information, doing so risks exacerbating an already dire situation."
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Earlier this week, Hamas used Telegram to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives β or would it endanger more lives?
Itβs always tempting to act on emotional impulses. But such complex situations require thorough consideration that should also take into account the differences between social platforms.
Unlike other apps that algorithmically promote shocking content to unsuspecting people, on Telegram, users receive only the content to which they specifically subscribed. As such, it's unlikely that Telegram channels can be used to significantly amplify propaganda. Instead, they serve as a unique source of first-hand information for researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers.
While it would be easy for us to destroy this source of information, doing so risks exacerbating an already dire situation."
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Prize fund: $10,000
Deadline: 23:59 on October 19th (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: October 26th, 2023
Telegram is hosting a competition for artists to draw new icons for Telegram's Android and iOS apps. The best icons may be later offered to users in addition to the default sets currently presented in both apps.
The Task
Create at least 1 icon and adapt it for both Android and iOS. Submissions featuring more than 1 icon are accepted providing that each icon is thematically different.
Each of your app icons must be based on the core form of the Telegram logo. You are free to incorporate any scenes or characters, except copyrighted materials.
Using Telegram's official sticker and emoji packs is allowed for references (you can adapt characters to create icons based on them). The use of generative AI is strictly prohibited.
App Icon Guidelines
Android
β’ Follows the Android UI Guidelines
β’ Contains a PNG of 432x432px for each icon (you must also provide the following resolutions: 324x324px, 216x216px, 162x162px and 108x108px β each is used for different screen pixel densities). The icon must contain separate background and foreground layers
β’ Includes source files
P.S. For further references, clipping mask samples (for non-direct versions of the app we apply the masks from the archive), other icon resolutions and the suggested structure check the provided archive below this message.
iOS
β’ Follows the Apple Design Guidelines
β’ Contains a non-transparent PNG of 1024x1024px for each icon (make sure it looks correct when resized to 270x270px, 180x180px or 120x120px, otherwise provide separate images for each resolution)
β’ Includes source files
Submissions and Evaluation
@ContestBot will start accepting submissions closer to the deadline. The prize fund will be distributed among the best contributors. When evaluating submissions we will prioritize the quality of each artwork, its uniqueness, and its compliance with the βApp Icon Guidelinesβ β your contribution must be submitted in a βready to useβ format requiring zero adaptions or tweaks on our side.
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For reference : Icons created by @Ohuenko ( Creative Director at Telegram )
Also check @IconoTelegram
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ML competition Deadline Today.
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Deadline: 23:59 on October 15th (Dubai time)
Results: October 29th, 2023
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Deadline: 23:59 on October 15th (Dubai time)
Results: October 29th, 2023
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Mentions of Telegram Premium Giveaways Functionality on Fragment
@tginfo noticed Telegram Premium giveaways functionality added to Fragment.com's codebase. The change was detected thanks to @tgcrawl's automated analysis. Earlier we've already reported about this feature surfacing in Telegram for macOS localization files.
The Fragment platform is considered to be Telegram's partner, designated to provide an option to buy Telegram's Premium subscription, usernames, and anonymous numbers using TON cryptocurrency. All the services can be paid for using QR codes, which are supposed to be scanned in the Tonkeeper wallet.
Other noteworthy mentions in the code
β’ Ability to specify the number of subscriptions.
β’ Ability to specify the number of months β probably for Premium duration.
β’ There's a possible fee for the giveaway functionality.
β’ You can find Premium recipients using search.
β’ The UI has mentions for boosts, but their context is unclear.
It's important to keep in mind that the provided info is a set of assumptions based off the Fragment's code that surfaced, so the functionality may be significantly different on its release. At the moment of writing, the mentioned code was already removed.
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@tginfo noticed Telegram Premium giveaways functionality added to Fragment.com's codebase. The change was detected thanks to @tgcrawl's automated analysis. Earlier we've already reported about this feature surfacing in Telegram for macOS localization files.
The Fragment platform is considered to be Telegram's partner, designated to provide an option to buy Telegram's Premium subscription, usernames, and anonymous numbers using TON cryptocurrency. All the services can be paid for using QR codes, which are supposed to be scanned in the Tonkeeper wallet.
Other noteworthy mentions in the code
β’ Ability to specify the number of subscriptions.
β’ Ability to specify the number of months β probably for Premium duration.
β’ There's a possible fee for the giveaway functionality.
β’ You can find Premium recipients using search.
β’ The UI has mentions for boosts, but their context is unclear.
It's important to keep in mind that the provided info is a set of assumptions based off the Fragment's code that surfaced, so the functionality may be significantly different on its release. At the moment of writing, the mentioned code was already removed.
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Telegram App Icon competition Deadline today.
β’ Deadline: 23:59 on October 19th (Dubai time)
β’ Results: October 26th, 2023
β’ Deadline: 23:59 on October 19th (Dubai time)
β’ Results: October 26th, 2023
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We are pleased to announce the results of the Android Design Contest. The judges thoroughly reviewed each of the 89 submissions.
The contestants brought several solid concepts and intriguing ideas to life β though even the top entries canβt be utilized without further polishing and refinements. Despite that, we are happy to award Stout Pony, Eager Jackal, Bold Crab and Happy Squid with
Meet the winners!
1st PLACE β $2,500
2nd PLACE β $1,500
3rd PLACE β $750
Congratulations to the winners and a happy Friday to you all!
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A new image for Telegram for Android (direct version) was found among the portal's files and it shows some of the new UI changes that we could expect in the next updates.
Which may be a hint for Partial Reply or just a new UI for Replies.
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Which may be a hint for Partial Reply or just a new UI for Replies.
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Telegram has increased the maximum number of chat foldersπ for Premium β users
Telegram Premium subscribers can now add up to 30 foldersπ .
Previously, the number of folders for Premium users was limited to 20. For free users, the limit has not changed - 10 folders.
The new limit is already applied on the server side, as defined by @tgcrawl , and does not require an application update.
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Telegram Premium subscribers can now add up to 30 folders
Previously, the number of folders for Premium users was limited to 20. For free users, the limit has not changed - 10 folders.
The new limit is already applied on the server side, as defined by @tgcrawl , and does not require an application update.
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A new image for Telegram for Android (direct version) was found among the portal's files and it shows some of the new UI changes that we could expect in the next updates. Which may be a hint for Partial Reply or just a new UI for Replies. Source : πππ
Telegram Is Working On Citations
"The @tginfo editors noticed ongoing work on citations on multiple occasions. This might indicate the feature will appear in future updates.
The Telegram API contains support for quote blocks since 2019, but it never was used in the official apps.
What tells us the feature is being prepared
β’ Telegram changed the API related to citations, moving it to an unpublished yet Layer 166.
β’ The Telegram for Android banner from the website shows a screenshot with a different replies UI. In particular, you can see the β icon on one of the messages.
We speculate that in one of the future updates the messenger will provide options to manually create citation blocks in any parts of your messages, reply to the selected part of a message. These features might bring ability to, for example, reply to a message in a different chat by citing it.
Keep in mind that all the info here is a set of speculations and that there was no official announcement for the feature. Thus, the features may change drastically on release"
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"The @tginfo editors noticed ongoing work on citations on multiple occasions. This might indicate the feature will appear in future updates.
The Telegram API contains support for quote blocks since 2019, but it never was used in the official apps.
What tells us the feature is being prepared
β’ Telegram changed the API related to citations, moving it to an unpublished yet Layer 166.
β’ The Telegram for Android banner from the website shows a screenshot with a different replies UI. In particular, you can see the β icon on one of the messages.
We speculate that in one of the future updates the messenger will provide options to manually create citation blocks in any parts of your messages, reply to the selected part of a message. These features might bring ability to, for example, reply to a message in a different chat by citing it.
Keep in mind that all the info here is a set of speculations and that there was no official announcement for the feature. Thus, the features may change drastically on release"
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