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ππ’π¬πππ€ππ§π₯π² πππ―π’π§π ππ‘π ππ’π₯π₯ππ’π§ | Π‘ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΡΠΈΠ±ΠΊΠ΅ | Misvil| Π΄ΡΠΉΠ»ΠΈ/ΠΊΡ Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. On Telegramβs website, it says that Pavel Durov βsupports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)βs input is technological.β Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. 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. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on βlarge one-to-many channels.β He pledged that ads would be βnon-intrusiveβ and that most users would simply not notice any change.
ππ’π¬πππ€ππ§π₯π² πππ―π’π§π ππ‘π ππ’π₯π₯ππ’π§ | Π‘ΠΏΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΠ»ΠΎΠ΄Π΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΡΠΈΠ±ΠΊΠ΅ | Misvil| Π΄ΡΠΉΠ»ΠΈ/ΠΊΡ from FR