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Telegram gains over 500.000 users from Brazil within the last three hours

by joaomsa on 12/17/15, 1:07 AM with 2 comments

• by gustavodemari on 12/17/15, 1:19 AM

  More than 1 million now. https://twitter.com/telegram/status/677295986281181188

• by thomasfortes on 12/17/15, 1:20 AM

  Clarifying, a judge ordered a 48 hour ban on whatsapp on the country, that's why telegram is getting an imense wave of users.