🧑💻Authors: Shaopeng Liu, Judith S. Rodriguez, Viorel Munteanu, ... 🏢Universities: Pennsylvania State University & University of Southern California & Georgia State University & University of Chicago, USA - Technical University of Moldova, Moldova - Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France - ...
🧑💻Authors: Shaopeng Liu, Judith S. Rodriguez, Viorel Munteanu, ... 🏢Universities: Pennsylvania State University & University of Southern California & Georgia State University & University of Chicago, USA - Technical University of Moldova, Moldova - Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France - ...
Perpetrators of these scams will create a public group on Telegram to promote these investment packages that are usually accompanied by fake testimonies and sometimes advertised as being Shariah-compliant. Interested investors will be asked to directly message the representatives to begin investing in the various investment packages offered. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” "There are a lot of things that Telegram could have been doing this whole time. And they know exactly what they are and they've chosen not to do them. That's why I don't trust them," she said. 'Wild West'
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