Ideologien prägen die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Im Sozialistischen Realismus etwa sollte die Kunst „proletarisch“ sein. Sie sollte den sowjetischen Arbeiter als einen glücklichen und fröhlichen Menschen zeigen. Nicht erwünscht war hingegen eine Kunst, die als „bürgerlich“ galt. Knapp 100 Jahre später lassen sich in der westlichen Kunst- und Kulturbranche ähnliche Verhältnisse feststellen, nur dass die herrschende Ideologie eine andere ist.
Ideologien prägen die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Im Sozialistischen Realismus etwa sollte die Kunst „proletarisch“ sein. Sie sollte den sowjetischen Arbeiter als einen glücklichen und fröhlichen Menschen zeigen. Nicht erwünscht war hingegen eine Kunst, die als „bürgerlich“ galt. Knapp 100 Jahre später lassen sich in der westlichen Kunst- und Kulturbranche ähnliche Verhältnisse feststellen, nur dass die herrschende Ideologie eine andere ist.
Unlike Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Twitter, which run very public anti-disinformation programs, Brooking said: "Telegram is famously lax or absent in its content moderation policy." 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.” On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events." At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. 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.
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