Глава Офиса президента Украины Андрей Ермак рассказал о своем первом телефонном разговоре с советником президента США по нацбезопасности Майклом Уолтцем.
«Обсудили ситуацию на поле боя, ход мобилизации и ключевые вызовы для Украины. Подчеркнул, что поддержка наших партнеров, прежде всего США, остается критически важной... Отдельно подняли вопросы организации личного контакта между президентами Украины и США в ближайшее время», – написал Ермак.
Глава Офиса президента Украины Андрей Ермак рассказал о своем первом телефонном разговоре с советником президента США по нацбезопасности Майклом Уолтцем.
«Обсудили ситуацию на поле боя, ход мобилизации и ключевые вызовы для Украины. Подчеркнул, что поддержка наших партнеров, прежде всего США, остается критически важной... Отдельно подняли вопросы организации личного контакта между президентами Украины и США в ближайшее время», – написал Ермак.
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. 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. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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