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.
On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. Apparently upbeat developments in Russia's discussions with Ukraine helped at least temporarily send investors back into risk assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that there were "certain positive developments" occurring in the talks with Ukraine, according to a transcript of their meeting. Putin added that discussions were happening "almost on a daily basis." On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. Now safely in France with his spouse and three of his children, Kliuchnikov scrolls through Telegram to learn about the devastation happening in his home country.
from jp
