Telegram is russia's intelligence click bait
(just like china's tik tok)
they monitor everything, categorize users (followers and posters)
get too close to [party line] truth can lead to more active monitoring
(in respective home countries people are disappeared,
might be somewhat safer from that in US,
… but there are limits if crossed can lead to real consequences)
check the history: look at who financed telegraph creators when they left original (private) company,
who 'department' picked it up… then quickly "separated" it
(… or at least made it look like it was separated)
hansel & gretel: looks too tasty to ignore.