Генпрокуратура признала «нежелательной организацией» «Free Nations of PostRussia Forum» («Форум Свободных Народов ПостРоссии»).
«Руководители [организации], являющиеся гражданами иностранных государств и постоянно проживающие в Литве, Великобритании, Чехии, призывают к нарушению территориальной целостности Российской Федерации и выступают с сепаратистскими националистическими лозунгами», — говорится в заявлении ведомства.
Генпрокуратура признала «нежелательной организацией» «Free Nations of PostRussia Forum» («Форум Свободных Народов ПостРоссии»).
«Руководители [организации], являющиеся гражданами иностранных государств и постоянно проживающие в Литве, Великобритании, Чехии, призывают к нарушению территориальной целостности Российской Федерации и выступают с сепаратистскими националистическими лозунгами», — говорится в заявлении ведомства.
Pavel Durov, Telegram's CEO, is known as "the Russian Mark Zuckerberg," for co-founding VKontakte, which is Russian for "in touch," a Facebook imitator that became the country's most popular social networking site. Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events." At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion.
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