JANUARY 20 - Trump fires the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, the department in charge of flight safety JANUARY 21 - Trump freezes hiring for Air Traffic Controllers JANUARY 22 - Trump disbands the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee JANUARY 28 - Trump sends out a buyout/retirement demand to existing employees, removing experienced safety staff JANUARY 29 - First American mid-air collision in 16 years, Trump blames it on DEI and Biden
JANUARY 20 - Trump fires the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, the department in charge of flight safety JANUARY 21 - Trump freezes hiring for Air Traffic Controllers JANUARY 22 - Trump disbands the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee JANUARY 28 - Trump sends out a buyout/retirement demand to existing employees, removing experienced safety staff JANUARY 29 - First American mid-air collision in 16 years, Trump blames it on DEI and Biden
In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. 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. Artem Kliuchnikov and his family fled Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion. Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram.
from us
