In der italienischen Hauptstadt Rom kam es am vergangenen Wochenende zu Massenprotesten. Mehrere Zehntausende Menschen demonstrierten gegen Aufrüstung, Mobilmachung und Militarisierung der EU und für Frieden mit Russland. In deutschen Medien findet sich dazu übrigens kein einziges Wort. Top-Meldung der ARD-Tagesschau am Samstag: „Thomas Müller verlässt nach 25 Jahren den FC Bayern München“. via @anonymousnews_org
In der italienischen Hauptstadt Rom kam es am vergangenen Wochenende zu Massenprotesten. Mehrere Zehntausende Menschen demonstrierten gegen Aufrüstung, Mobilmachung und Militarisierung der EU und für Frieden mit Russland. In deutschen Medien findet sich dazu übrigens kein einziges Wort. Top-Meldung der ARD-Tagesschau am Samstag: „Thomas Müller verlässt nach 25 Jahren den FC Bayern München“. via @anonymousnews_org
One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. In addition, Telegram now supports the use of third-party streaming tools like OBS Studio and XSplit to broadcast live video, allowing users to add overlays and multi-screen layouts for a more professional look. 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.”
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