“This constant lying is not intended to convince people of lies, but to make sure that no one believes in anything any more.
People who can no longer distinguish truth from lies can no longer distinguish good from evil.
And so, people who are deprived of the power to think and judge, without knowing it or wanting it, are completely subject to the rule of lies. You can do whatever you want with such people.”
“This constant lying is not intended to convince people of lies, but to make sure that no one believes in anything any more.
People who can no longer distinguish truth from lies can no longer distinguish good from evil.
And so, people who are deprived of the power to think and judge, without knowing it or wanting it, are completely subject to the rule of lies. You can do whatever you want with such people.”
So, uh, whenever I hear about Telegram, it’s always in relation to something bad. What gives? That hurt tech stocks. For the past few weeks, the 10-year yield has traded between 1.72% and 2%, as traders moved into the bond for safety when Russia headlines were ugly—and out of it when headlines improved. Now, the yield is touching its pandemic-era high. If the yield breaks above that level, that could signal that it’s on a sustainable path higher. Higher long-dated bond yields make future profits less valuable—and many tech companies are valued on the basis of profits forecast for many years in the future. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Now safely in France with his spouse and three of his children, Kliuchnikov scrolls through Telegram to learn about the devastation happening in his home country. 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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