Сотрудник «Пруфов» Рамиль Рахматов обещал сломать журналистке нашего телеканала нос. При этом несколько дней спустя после данного инцидента в коридоре Кировского суда, где шел процесс над его работодателем, он заявил уже открыто в соцсетях, что его обещание будет рано или поздно выполнено. Агония редакции «Пруфов». Подробнее – в нашем специальном репортаже.
Сотрудник «Пруфов» Рамиль Рахматов обещал сломать журналистке нашего телеканала нос. При этом несколько дней спустя после данного инцидента в коридоре Кировского суда, где шел процесс над его работодателем, он заявил уже открыто в соцсетях, что его обещание будет рано или поздно выполнено. Агония редакции «Пруфов». Подробнее – в нашем специальном репортаже.
In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements.
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