ИЗБА ЧИТАЛЬНЯ # 36 Продолжаем слезать с хоррор-иглы, но неторопливо, мееедленно. Так что сегодня в читалке слоупока обосновалась страшная фэнтези-сказка. И элементов страшного в ней полным полно. Хоть отбавляй. (продолжение ниже)
ИЗБА ЧИТАЛЬНЯ # 36 Продолжаем слезать с хоррор-иглы, но неторопливо, мееедленно. Так что сегодня в читалке слоупока обосновалась страшная фэнтези-сказка. И элементов страшного в ней полным полно. Хоть отбавляй. (продолжение ниже)
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. 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. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences. 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."
from jp
