ثمة لحظة يكتشف بها المرء كم كان مغفلاً في اختياراته، كم كان مندفعًا وساذجًا وقت تصديقه للكلمات، كم كان على خطأ حين سمح للأخطاء أن تتكرر، وكم يبدو على حقٍ الآن حين اختار الانسحاب من أجل سلامته."
ثمة لحظة يكتشف بها المرء كم كان مغفلاً في اختياراته، كم كان مندفعًا وساذجًا وقت تصديقه للكلمات، كم كان على خطأ حين سمح للأخطاء أن تتكرر، وكم يبدو على حقٍ الآن حين اختار الانسحاب من أجل سلامته."
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. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content.
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