— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 UPDATE: The IDF has officially confirmed the deaths of Israeli soldiers Maj. (res.) Moshiko Maxim Rozenwald, 35, and Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Anosov, 26, from the Engineering Battalion of the 'Nahal' Brigade.
— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 UPDATE: The IDF has officially confirmed the deaths of Israeli soldiers Maj. (res.) Moshiko Maxim Rozenwald, 35, and Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Alexander Anosov, 26, from the Engineering Battalion of the 'Nahal' Brigade.
Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. 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. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." Telegram does offer end-to-end encrypted communications through Secret Chats, but this is not the default setting. Standard conversations use the MTProto method, enabling server-client encryption but with them stored on the server for ease-of-access. This makes using Telegram across multiple devices simple, but also means that the regular Telegram chats you’re having with folks are not as secure as you may believe.
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