Друзья из Emigration for Action (https://www.group-telegram.com/emigrationforaction) посчитали деньги из донейшн-бокса, который скатался с нами в Ереван и Батуми. После сложения и конвертирования всех валют получилось примерно 642 лари. Они пойдут на закупку очередной порции лекарств для украинских беженцев. Спасибо вам за участие! 🕊️
Друзья из Emigration for Action (https://www.group-telegram.com/emigrationforaction) посчитали деньги из донейшн-бокса, который скатался с нами в Ереван и Батуми. После сложения и конвертирования всех валют получилось примерно 642 лари. Они пойдут на закупку очередной порции лекарств для украинских беженцев. Спасибо вам за участие! 🕊️
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. Some privacy experts say Telegram is not secure enough 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. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences.
from cn
