"Работала в крупной компании, большой отдел с ГАПами, ГИПами и конструкторами, было всякое, но у начальника был один "любимый" сотрудник, ГИП Витя, которому периодически устраивалась показательная порка. Крик из кабинета шефа было слышно с лестницы, не косячил он так часто, как огребал, стабильно раз в неделю или два. Мы любили Витю за то, что отважно брал огонь на себя. И песня про "Вите надо выйти", которая была ещё на слуху, играла новыми красками"
"Работала в крупной компании, большой отдел с ГАПами, ГИПами и конструкторами, было всякое, но у начальника был один "любимый" сотрудник, ГИП Витя, которому периодически устраивалась показательная порка. Крик из кабинета шефа было слышно с лестницы, не косячил он так часто, как огребал, стабильно раз в неделю или два. Мы любили Витю за то, что отважно брал огонь на себя. И песня про "Вите надо выйти", которая была ещё на слуху, играла новыми красками"
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.” This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts.
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