Cold concrete and rusted steel loom overhead, a brutal testament to man's obsession with order over chaos. The river below rolls on indifferently, swallowing the shadows of forgotten dreams and cheap bourbon hangovers. Somewhere beneath it all, you can feel the pulse of madness—slow, steady, and dangerously familiar.
Cold concrete and rusted steel loom overhead, a brutal testament to man's obsession with order over chaos. The river below rolls on indifferently, swallowing the shadows of forgotten dreams and cheap bourbon hangovers. Somewhere beneath it all, you can feel the pulse of madness—slow, steady, and dangerously familiar.
He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety.
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