What's behind Telegram's growing popularity?

Name: What's behind Telegram's growing popularity?
Uploaded: 2022-02-17T06:55:58.000Z
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Description: Telegram says it has 500 million users worldwide. Most use the app to chat, but there's more to it than that.

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Telegram says it has 500 million users worldwide. Most use the app to chat, but there's more to it than that.

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17 February 2022