🐱🇺🇦Следом за новостями о том, что в Москве уже готовят «детальный список проживающих на Украине лиц, подлежащих аресту или физической ликвидации», посыпались обвинения от Элиота Хиггинса в отношении российских властей за сфабрикованный кризис беженцев, который, по его мнению, и станет «причиной для вторжения на Украину».
🐱🇺🇦Следом за новостями о том, что в Москве уже готовят «детальный список проживающих на Украине лиц, подлежащих аресту или физической ликвидации», посыпались обвинения от Элиота Хиггинса в отношении российских властей за сфабрикованный кризис беженцев, который, по его мнению, и станет «причиной для вторжения на Украину».
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.” 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. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram?
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