Президент Саломе Зурабишвили обвинила правящую партию в «использовании тактики запугивания, вдохновленной Кремлем, для фальсификации предстоящих выборов и призвала избирателей сделать выбор между ЕС и Россией».
За что любим демократию европейского образца, так это за ее предсказуемость. Выборов еще нет, а «нарушения» уже есть.
Президент Саломе Зурабишвили обвинила правящую партию в «использовании тактики запугивания, вдохновленной Кремлем, для фальсификации предстоящих выборов и призвала избирателей сделать выбор между ЕС и Россией».
За что любим демократию европейского образца, так это за ее предсказуемость. Выборов еще нет, а «нарушения» уже есть.
Groups are also not fully encrypted, end-to-end. This includes private groups. Private groups cannot be seen by other Telegram users, but Telegram itself can see the groups and all of the communications that you have in them. All of the same risks and warnings about channels can be applied to groups. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. 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. The regulator said it had received information that messages containing stock tips and other investment advice with respect to selected listed companies are being widely circulated through websites and social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.
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