Восемьдесят лет назад, 16 июня 1944 года, был расстрелян Марк Блок, один из главных историков-медиевистов ХХ века. К мрачному юбилею американский историк Сэм Оттвелл-Соулсби написал прекрасное эссе о Блок. Вот его перевод. https://telegra.ph/Bitva-za-Narbon-Mark-Blok-v-godinu-bedstvij-06-17
Восемьдесят лет назад, 16 июня 1944 года, был расстрелян Марк Блок, один из главных историков-медиевистов ХХ века. К мрачному юбилею американский историк Сэм Оттвелл-Соулсби написал прекрасное эссе о Блок. Вот его перевод. https://telegra.ph/Bitva-za-Narbon-Mark-Blok-v-godinu-bedstvij-06-17
He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. 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 has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said.
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