Благотворительный книжный фестиваль «Фонарь» проходил в разных городах России уже 20 раз, собрал десятки тысяч посетителей и больше 6 млн рублей для благотворительных проектов. Сегодня он проводится в пользу благотворительного фонда «ЖИВИ», который помогает подопечным отделения онкологии, гематологии и химиотерапии Тульской детской областной клинической больницы.
Благотворительный книжный фестиваль «Фонарь» проходил в разных городах России уже 20 раз, собрал десятки тысяч посетителей и больше 6 млн рублей для благотворительных проектов. Сегодня он проводится в пользу благотворительного фонда «ЖИВИ», который помогает подопечным отделения онкологии, гематологии и химиотерапии Тульской детской областной клинической больницы.
"There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." 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. 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. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users.
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