Meta controls some of the most popular messaging apps in the world, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Even though Instagram isn't a messaging-first app, it's also commonly used for that.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. WhatsApp and Telegram are very different, but together they ...

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Telegram and Elon Musk’s xAI have entered into a partnership to integrate the Grok AI chatbot into the encrypted secure messaging service. Through the collaboration, Telegram will soon offer several ...