Telegram Turns a Profit for the First Time

An anonymous reader shares a report: In recent months, Telegram, the lightly moderated social media app, has held discussions with investors who lent it more than $2 billion. The goal: to reassure them that the company remains a viable bet after its founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France in August on charges related to illicit activities on the platform.
In the conversations, Telegram told investors that it was tackling its legal troubles head-on by policing more user-generated content. Th