Финал “Прямой линии” был, как положено, немного слезлив, романтичен и сентиментален: «я из простой рабочей семьи...». Дальше напрашивается: «мой дедушка был обыкновенным поваром у сестры Ленина, а потом у Сталина». Как тут не вспомнить великого Уткина…
Финал “Прямой линии” был, как положено, немного слезлив, романтичен и сентиментален: «я из простой рабочей семьи...». Дальше напрашивается: «мой дедушка был обыкновенным поваром у сестры Ленина, а потом у Сталина». Как тут не вспомнить великого Уткина…
Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. 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. It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists." This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
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