ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢.

ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢.

ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢. Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?

So, uh, whenever I hear about Telegram, it’s always in relation to something bad. What gives? This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his armed forces to surrender.
ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢. from it

ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢.𝖭𝗈 𝗌𝖾‌ 𝗌𝗂 𝗆𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗈 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗂‌𝖺 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗈 𝗍𝗎‌ 𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗎𝖾𝗋𝖽𝖺' 𝖽𝖾 𝗆𝗂‌ 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗌 𝖽𝗂‌𝖺'.

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