If the open doesn't start, click here
༝ ﾐ Ꮇᴀɠιƈ Ꮋᥱℓρ‧☽.⁺‧🪐 || 𝐇iʀмiɴ Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
Date: | ༝ ﾐ Ꮇᴀɠιƈ Ꮋᥱℓρ‧☽.⁺‧🪐 || 𝐇iʀмiɴ
The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea. Recently, Durav wrote on his Telegram channel that users' right to privacy, in light of the war in Ukraine, is "sacred, now more than ever." 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.” Artem Kliuchnikov and his family fled Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion.
༝ ﾐ Ꮇᴀɠιƈ Ꮋᥱℓρ‧☽.⁺‧🪐 || 𝐇iʀмiɴ from FR