#некнижная_жизнь захватила меня в этом декабре. При этом читаю Маркеса к одному книжному клубу, Петровых в гриппе - к другому, Птиц Америки на совместных чтениях и ещё всякое по блогерским обязательствам. К концу года готовлю книжные итоги и кое-что интересное на следующий год.
#некнижная_жизнь захватила меня в этом декабре. При этом читаю Маркеса к одному книжному клубу, Петровых в гриппе - к другому, Птиц Америки на совместных чтениях и ещё всякое по блогерским обязательствам. К концу года готовлю книжные итоги и кое-что интересное на следующий год.
As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. In the past, it was noticed that through bulk SMSes, investors were induced to invest in or purchase the stocks of certain listed companies. The Security Service of Ukraine said in a tweet that it was able to effectively target Russian convoys near Kyiv because of messages sent to an official Telegram bot account called "STOP Russian War." At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised.
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