Захотел написать ответ Михаилу в виде небольшого поста, но небольшой пост разросся до целой заметки. Сокращать не стал, потому что во-первых, я и так очень редко что-то пишу: раз в полгода можно и побыть многословным, а во-вторых, в этой заметке я проговариваю некоторые вещи о природе ксенофобии, насилия и идеологий, которые мне кажется важным зафиксировать в тексте. Короче, пусть будет.
Захотел написать ответ Михаилу в виде небольшого поста, но небольшой пост разросся до целой заметки. Сокращать не стал, потому что во-первых, я и так очень редко что-то пишу: раз в полгода можно и побыть многословным, а во-вторых, в этой заметке я проговариваю некоторые вещи о природе ксенофобии, насилия и идеологий, которые мне кажется важным зафиксировать в тексте. Короче, пусть будет.
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. The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read."
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