Telegram

Swedish police will soon be able to secretly install spyware to read encrypted messages on the computers and telephones of crime suspects. The results will be keenly watched in Washington and beyond.

The lack of regulation for private channels attracts terrorist groups, who use Telegram to message recruits, spread propaganda, fundraise and orchestrate violent attacks, according to the Counter Extremism Project.

The Hong Kong edition of the China Daily newspaper said it had uncovered the plot via a post on the Telegram encrypted messaging app, prompting online ridicule.

"We are still investigating this case for legitimacy and relevancy. After refusing to cooperate and continuing with this extortion, this individual has begun distributing the data," Binance said.

The emoji was reportedly approved by a Telegram employee by mistake.

The 14-year-old tried to convince her older sister by showing off a collar around her neck bearing her furry name "Bella" on the outside, and inside an inscription read: "Property of Angelo."

A collective of 20 investors complained to local police in Vietnam's Phú Nhuận District.

Users across the world are reporting service outages.

Jihadists are urging their followers to engage in "cyber jihad" for the holy month of Ramadan.

Iranian officials have called for users to leave the encrypted messenger and move to a homemade alternative, complete with "death to America" and "Let's pray" stickers.

The app must share encryption keys to read users' messages or face a nationwide ban, Russian authorities said.

President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly very fond of Telegram but Paris is concerned that there is no alternative app that is based in France.

Russia's Federal Security Service claimed the chat application is used by terrorists.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says it's the Islamic Republic's duty to protect citizens from social media companies stealing their data.

More than a dozen companies involved with cryptocurrencies are under investigation.

Dark web users almost doubled in Iran following internet censorship in the country.

The most infamous smartphone app in Russia at the moment is also topping the App Store.

The Islamic State group released its first ever official comments on President Donald Trump, referring to him as an "idiot who does not know what Syria or Iraq or Islam is."

The popular messaging apps have closed the hole that left users' accounts open to being taken over by hackers.

Online dating has taken the Iranian government by surprise, as has so many other aspects of Iran's increasingly sophisticated modern culture.

WhatsApp introduces end-to-end encryption to protect users from hackers and "oppressive regimes."

Organizers of a pro-ISIS Facebook campaign ask ISIS supporters "where were you guys?"

An online help desk has given fresh advice to ISIS members following the Brussels attacks.

The Wiesenthal Center released a "report card" of 14 tech companies and called out Apple for not cooperating with the FBI.

The messenger app has reportedly been used by ISIS.

New report says mass suspensions of ISIS Twitter accounts have reduced the group's viral reach.

The messaging app desk advises ISIS members on how to avoid Internet surveillance.