Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said that Telegram's paid users have reached 10 million. In addition, Telegram has removed the nearby people feature, which is used by less than 0.1% of Telegram users and has problems with bots and scammers. Telegram will launch nearby businesses to replace it, showcasing legitimate, verified merchants. These merchants will be able to seamlessly display product catalogs and accept payments. In addition, uploading new media to Telegraph (an independent blogging tool), which appears to have been abused by anonymous actors, is also banned. While 99.999% of Telegram users have nothing to do with crime, 0.001% of customer engagement has created a bad image for the entire platform, putting the interests of our nearly one billion users at risk.