— For those unaware, on the left is Ahmed “al Jolani” Al Sharaa, the Salafi Emir of Syria who recently sent his jihadists to massacre up to 2000 Christian and Alawite Syrian minorities
He was an Al Qaeda member throughout the Syrian Civil War until he “moderated” himself in 2019 to receive Turkish support for his faction which ended up winning the Syrian Civil War last December.
He got invited to Brussels and the EU sent him money, money out of the taxes of European citizens.
— For those unaware, on the left is Ahmed “al Jolani” Al Sharaa, the Salafi Emir of Syria who recently sent his jihadists to massacre up to 2000 Christian and Alawite Syrian minorities
He was an Al Qaeda member throughout the Syrian Civil War until he “moderated” himself in 2019 to receive Turkish support for his faction which ended up winning the Syrian Civil War last December.
He got invited to Brussels and the EU sent him money, money out of the taxes of European citizens.
Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists." In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram?
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