โ ๐ฎ๐ฑ/๐ธ๐พ NEW: Consecutive Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Quneitra, Suweida, and Daraa since about two hours ago, coinciding with statements from the Israeli Defense Minister that they will attack any military buildup in southern Syria, regardless of affiliation.
โ ๐ฎ๐ฑ/๐ธ๐พ NEW: Consecutive Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, Quneitra, Suweida, and Daraa since about two hours ago, coinciding with statements from the Israeli Defense Minister that they will attack any military buildup in southern Syria, regardless of affiliation.
A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. The gold standard of encryption, known as end-to-end encryption, where only the sender and person who receives the message are able to see it, is available on Telegram only when the Secret Chat function is enabled. Voice and video calls are also completely encrypted. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market. Channels are not fully encrypted, end-to-end. All communications on a Telegram channel can be seen by anyone on the channel and are also visible to Telegram. Telegram may be asked by a government to hand over the communications from a channel. Telegram has a history of standing up to Russian government requests for data, but how comfortable you are relying on that history to predict future behavior is up to you. Because Telegram has this data, it may also be stolen by hackers or leaked by an internal employee.
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