[generationP]

Telegram has a great thing working in its favor: it is mostly free of censorship, particularly of the kind that reacts to Western do-gooder sensibilities. I have learnt more about the Ukraine war from Telegram channels (Gruz 200, Truha, some local ones) than from all of the Western press combined. Analysts like Bellingcat, CIT and ISW keep citing Telegram channels as sources. Both DNR/LNR "separatists" and Ukrainian regular and irregular fighters are putting out a lot of unfiltered info on TG.

The idea that Telegram is in any way safer than the other platforms, I really don't see much to speak for it.

It's similar to ProtonMail: you get it as a backup in case you get locked out of your googlemail; you don't get it to conspire.

[pyrryh]

That's not because of its policies, it's just that Telegram is very popular in Eastern Europe/post-USSR land, network effects and such.

[generationP]

Twitter and Youtube are a censorship minefield as it comes to war footage. Russian trolls have been known to mass-report pro-Ukrainian accounts for posting "NSFL" material (and much of the interesting material from the front is NSFL). If you are famous and know the right people in the West, you can get unbanned through your connections, but this is a lot harder for the local sources.