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•ᴋ ꜱqᴜᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ• Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
Date: | •ᴋ ꜱqᴜᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ•
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. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Again, in contrast to Facebook, Google and Twitter, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov runs his company in relative secrecy from Dubai. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred."
•ᴋ ꜱqᴜᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ• from HK