Eine Gruppe aus 60 „zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen“ angeführt von der Internationalen Juristenkommission (ICJ) fordert die EU auf „unverzüglich Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um die durch die jüngsten Entscheidungen der US-Regierung ausgelöste globale Entwicklungshilfekrise zu bewältigen“. Kurz: Die EU soll eine Vielzahl an Organisationen, die durch den USAID-Kahlschlag vor der Pleite stehen, retten.
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Eine Gruppe aus 60 „zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen“ angeführt von der Internationalen Juristenkommission (ICJ) fordert die EU auf „unverzüglich Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, um die durch die jüngsten Entscheidungen der US-Regierung ausgelöste globale Entwicklungshilfekrise zu bewältigen“. Kurz: Die EU soll eine Vielzahl an Organisationen, die durch den USAID-Kahlschlag vor der Pleite stehen, retten.
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Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. 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.” Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read." Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights.
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