📰 Thousands of Non-Consensual Intimate Photos Shared on Telegram in China 🔞

A major scandal has emerged in China after reports revealed that thousands of men shared private and intimate photos of women without their consent on Telegram.
One of the biggest groups involved, known as “Mask Park,” had over 100,000 members before it was taken down. Despite this, similar smaller channels are still active, and the number of such groups could continue to grow.

📢 A Telegram spokesperson told AFP :

“Sharing pornography without the consent of those involved is strictly against Telegram’s rules. Such content is removed when found. Telegram moderators monitor public channels and delete millions of harmful posts every day, including non-consensual material.”

The issue has led to public anger, protests, and wide discussions on local social media platforms about online safety and privacy.

🔗 Read full article on CNA

📰 Telegram is testing "star levels" designed to see "reliability" of users. 👛 The levels are verified by spending stars on your account, and, accordingly, the more stars you spend, the higher the levels, and thus show your reliability. ⭐️ The "Learn more" button redirects to a blog with an innovation about stars.
🤷‍♀️ It is unknown whether early spent stars will affect the rating or not.

Users have questions and disputes about this innovation, and recall a similar function in VKontakte (ru), which Durov had previously founded.

@NewsAndTipsNT 📰

✈️ Telegram Android Beta
◾️Version: 11.14.0
◾️Build: 61019

What's New :

📓(🎁💎⭐️🔎)

• Ratings
• 🎁 Premium Gifts
• 💎 Option to receive only TON coin when selling gifts
• ⭐ Default Star
• 🔍 Limits for Search

🔄Previous Version

#beta #New #Telegram

🪙 A TON early adopter bought the @crypto username on Telegram for $350,000 2,5 years ago — and recently received an offer for $25,000,000. Here’s what he said about Telegram usernames:

“If these can’t be taken away from me, I want them all.”

💫 When people have direct ownership of their digital assets, magic happens — like this tokenized Telegram handle soaring 70x in value. Telegram users are sovereign owners: no middlemen, no confiscation, all secured by TON smart contracts.

✊ Telegram is the only major social platform that treats users as free people with unalienable rights — including the unbreakable right to own their digital identities and assets.

- @Durov

💎 TON Coin Spikes as Demand Soars

Toncoin's price has generally trended upward this week, #rising from approximately $3.25 at the start of the week to current levels around $3.52–$3.63 as of July 31, 2025

Recent gains are likely influenced by positive sentiment following large-scale treasury and institutional adoption news, though broader crypto market factors also contribute.

#Telegram continues to heavily promote the #TON blockchain, integrating it more prominently across its platform features.

💻 Telegram #Desktop v6.0:

Public Post Search.
Story Albums.
Gift Collections.
Profile Rating.

v6.0.1:

Fix crashing on Windows 7.

v6.0.2:

Improve design of profile stars rating.

🆕 v6.0.3 (beta):

Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab for last opened chats switching.
New topic dividers for groups with topics and tabs.
Adjust volume of notification sounds.
Show stars required for the next rating level.
IV support on Linux (in case WebView works).

🕓 Previous versions.
⬇️ Download: website or Github.

🍬  My girlfriend is turning 2️⃣5️⃣ today.
💝 She’s collecting pink/violet gifts on the cyberpunk backdrop, so I had to pay 15,000 TON (~$52,500) for a Plush Pepe 🐸

Tap 😎 if you think it was worth it — and 🧊 if you think it wasn’t.

https://t.me/nft/PlushPepe-858

©️ @durov