🇷🇺 «Мы пришли в Сирию 10 лет назад для того, чтобы там не был создан террористический анклав, наподобие того, что мы наблюдали в некоторых других странах, скажем, в Афганистане. В целом мы своей цели достигли», - сказал президент России Владимир Путин на «Итогах года» в ответ на вопрос журналиста NBC.
🇷🇺 «Мы пришли в Сирию 10 лет назад для того, чтобы там не был создан террористический анклав, наподобие того, что мы наблюдали в некоторых других странах, скажем, в Афганистане. В целом мы своей цели достигли», - сказал президент России Владимир Путин на «Итогах года» в ответ на вопрос журналиста NBC.
Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." 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. 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. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. There was another possible development: Reuters also reported that Ukraine said that Belarus could soon join the invasion of Ukraine. However, the AFP, citing a Pentagon official, said the U.S. hasn’t yet seen evidence that Belarusian troops are in Ukraine.
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