URGENT – Taiwan Election: What we have to know about what is coming after the election results'
📰BBC – Voting has ended and counting is underway in Taiwan's presidential election, in a vote which will determine the territory's future ties with China
🔹Taiwan is a democratic island that governs itself - but it is claimed by mainland China and has no international recognition as a country
🔹Early counting shows a tight race between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is seeking a third term, and the main opposition Kuomintang, or KMT
DPP candidate William Lai has been labelled a troublemaker by China, who warned people against voting for him, while KMT is promising better ties with Beijing and peace in the Taiwan Strait.
URGENT – Taiwan Election: What we have to know about what is coming after the election results'
📰BBC – Voting has ended and counting is underway in Taiwan's presidential election, in a vote which will determine the territory's future ties with China
🔹Taiwan is a democratic island that governs itself - but it is claimed by mainland China and has no international recognition as a country
🔹Early counting shows a tight race between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is seeking a third term, and the main opposition Kuomintang, or KMT
DPP candidate William Lai has been labelled a troublemaker by China, who warned people against voting for him, while KMT is promising better ties with Beijing and peace in the Taiwan Strait.
In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." There was another possible development: Reuters also reported that Ukraine said that Belarus could soon join the invasion of Ukraine. However, the AFP, citing a Pentagon official, said the U.S. hasn’t yet seen evidence that Belarusian troops are in Ukraine. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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