In the WhatsApp blackout, Telegram won 70 million 'refugees', says the app's founder

NEW YORK – Messaging apps Telegram and Signal saw new user downloads and sign-ups soar during the “blackout” of Facebook platforms, including WhatsApp, on Monday for nearly six hours.Signal said on Tuesday on its Twitter profile that it has gained “millions” of new users. Already founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, needed the numbers: 70 million new participants on his platform.My fault: Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook’s blackout and disputes accusation that he prioritizes profit over safety“We welcomed more than 70 million refugees from other platforms in one day,” said Durov on his public channel on Telegram to set the record in user registration of the app created eight years ago. Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram were down for nearly six hours on Monday Photo: DADO RUVIC / REUTERSThe collapse of WhatsApp, along with the social networks Instragram and Facebook, the same group, left the approximately 2.7 billion people who use the messaging app around the world without communication.‘How much?’ Twitter CEO joins the joke after WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram go downThe losses of one were the gain of others. Twitter remained online and became the main means of information about what was happening with the competing networks. Facebook itself used the rival…
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