The Marshall McLuhan Lecture A Queer History of Blackouts will be delivered by Cait McKinney, who will be joined in conversation with Lindsey Freeman. The lecture will explore how protest tactics were translated from the analogue to the digital and how marginalised communities leverage media technologies to build connections, share knowledge, and inspire collective action.
The Marshall McLuhan Lecture A Queer History of Blackouts will be delivered by Cait McKinney, who will be joined in conversation with Lindsey Freeman. The lecture will explore how protest tactics were translated from the analogue to the digital and how marginalised communities leverage media technologies to build connections, share knowledge, and inspire collective action.
Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts. 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. In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. "This time we received the coordinates of enemy vehicles marked 'V' in Kyiv region," it added.
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