Telegram is a popular messaging app that is widely recognized as a safe channel for online communications. The app creates an encrypted tunnel for messages in transit, which lowers the chances of unauthorized interceptions. Your messages stay encrypted even when they reach Telegram's servers.

To create your own channel, open the “New Message” menu on Telegram and choose “New Channel”. Newly created channels start as private – but you can edit their profile to make them public. The contents of public channels can be seen on the Web without a Telegram account and are indexed by search engines.

Joining private Telegram groups using an invite link Naturally, you can also use links to join public groups or channels, which anyone can find and share. Telegram invite links start with https://t.me/. Clicking on one will open your Telegram app, and then you can click Join to hop into the group or channel.

t.me is the URL shortener used by Telegram to create links for channels and groups. These links are used to invite users to join a channel or group on Telegram. Simply add your Telegram username behind t.me (e.g. t.me/yourusername) to generate a Telegram Group Link.