Россия в ответ на закрытие немецкого бюро Первого канала высылает двух журналистов немецкой медиагруппы ARD, заявила представитель МИД России Мария Захарова.
Москва рассмотрит возможность аккредитации новых сотрудников ARD после возобновления деятельности корпункта Первого канала в Берлине, добавила Захарова.
Россия в ответ на закрытие немецкого бюро Первого канала высылает двух журналистов немецкой медиагруппы ARD, заявила представитель МИД России Мария Захарова.
Москва рассмотрит возможность аккредитации новых сотрудников ARD после возобновления деятельности корпункта Первого канала в Берлине, добавила Захарова.
Continuing its crackdown against entities allegedly involved in a front-running scam using messaging app Telegram, Sebi on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at the premises of eight entities in multiple locations across the country. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations.
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