„Jetzt ist es Aufgabe des Bundesrats, die #Schredderpläne zu stoppen! Trotz Warnungen von Finanzwende und Experten hat der Bundestag am 26. September ein Gesetz beschlossen, das das Zurückholen von 28,5 Milliarden aus illegalen #CumCum-Geschäften erschwert.“
„Jetzt ist es Aufgabe des Bundesrats, die #Schredderpläne zu stoppen! Trotz Warnungen von Finanzwende und Experten hat der Bundestag am 26. September ein Gesetz beschlossen, das das Zurückholen von 28,5 Milliarden aus illegalen #CumCum-Geschäften erschwert.“
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. 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. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores.
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