Telegram has introduced a new third-party account verification system as part of its latest app update, the company said in a post. blog post. The idea is to allow public figures or companies who are already verified by Telegram to in turn verify others, such as employees of the organization. “This decentralized platform for added verification will help prevent fraud and reduce misinformation with a unique proactive solution that sets a new standard for security for social platforms,” Telegram wrote.
Individuals or groups who want to be able to verify others must already have an official Telegram verified bot. Once this happens, they will be able to apply to become a third-party verifier on Telegram. They should also have a unique icon (simple and minimalistic, solid color) that will appear next to the names of the accounts they verify.
Any accounts verified in this way will have this logo next to their name, and when opening their profile, a detailed explanation of this status and what it means will be shown. The company stressed that this type of review is “entirely separate” from its internal review and provided more details in the release. guide.
Telegram has also introduced new search filters that allow you to refine the list of results only from private chats, group chats or channels. We also added special emoticons for folder names, reactions to service messages, and the ability to upgrade gifts to NFTs.
The company also announced that it achieved profitability for the first time thanks to monetization features such as Premium Subscriptionsadvertising, Telegram Stars and much more. However, not everything has been rosy for the company lately: in August last year, the founder of the chat application Pavel Durov was arrested over allegations that the company did not do enough to stop illegal activity on the app.