Essen, Germany — At a minute’s silence on Dec. 21 for the victims of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, an attendee shouts, “Germany for the Germans.” The crowd responds in anger and chants, “Nazis out!”
Essen, Germany — At a minute’s silence on Dec. 21 for the victims of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, an attendee shouts, “Germany for the Germans.” The crowd responds in anger and chants, “Nazis out!”
Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. Individual messages can be fully encrypted. But the user has to turn on that function. It's not automatic, as it is on Signal and WhatsApp. 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. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm.
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