В доме пахнет свежей хвоей и вишневым пирогом, проигрыватель тихо наигрывает знакомую с детства мелодию. Гости уже собрались в большой комнате за столом, ведут неспешную беседу и заняты чем-то праздничным. А за окном тихо падает снег.
Сегодня принимали в гостях флористический мастер-класс Кати Травниковой. В нашем доме стало еще наряднее🌲
В доме пахнет свежей хвоей и вишневым пирогом, проигрыватель тихо наигрывает знакомую с детства мелодию. Гости уже собрались в большой комнате за столом, ведут неспешную беседу и заняты чем-то праздничным. А за окном тихо падает снег.
Сегодня принимали в гостях флористический мастер-класс Кати Травниковой. В нашем доме стало еще наряднее🌲
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. 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. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. 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.
from jp