Обстрелы Горловки: украинские войска применяют артиллерию и беспилотники Представительство ДНР в Совместном центре контроля и координации вопросов, связанных с военными преступлениями Украины, сообщило о серии атак на Никитовский район Горловки, совершенных украинскими вооруженными формированиями в течение двух часов Продолжить чтение »
Обстрелы Горловки: украинские войска применяют артиллерию и беспилотники Представительство ДНР в Совместном центре контроля и координации вопросов, связанных с военными преступлениями Украины, сообщило о серии атак на Никитовский район Горловки, совершенных украинскими вооруженными формированиями в течение двух часов Продолжить чтение »
Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. 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. The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. 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. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later.
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