— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾/🇸🇾NEW: CNN admits that the 'prisoner' that was 'freed' by their norotiously fake reporter Clarissa Ward was actually an intelligence officer in Assad's government who was arrested less than 1 month ago over a dispute with his superior over money (allegedly)
CNN initially claimed that the man was a 'victim of the Syrian regime' who had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for more than 3 years in Sednaya prison.
Syrian locals say they know the man, whose name is Salama, and that he was an intelligence officer known for 'extorting' locals (i.e. low level corruption), and that he was likely imprisoned for this abuse of power by the Assad government.
— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾/🇸🇾NEW: CNN admits that the 'prisoner' that was 'freed' by their norotiously fake reporter Clarissa Ward was actually an intelligence officer in Assad's government who was arrested less than 1 month ago over a dispute with his superior over money (allegedly)
CNN initially claimed that the man was a 'victim of the Syrian regime' who had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for more than 3 years in Sednaya prison.
Syrian locals say they know the man, whose name is Salama, and that he was an intelligence officer known for 'extorting' locals (i.e. low level corruption), and that he was likely imprisoned for this abuse of power by the Assad government.
Also in the latest update is the ability for users to create a unique @username from the Settings page, providing others with an easy way to contact them via Search or their t.me/username link without sharing their phone number. 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. One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. 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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