ثمة لحظة يكتشف بها المرء كم كان مغفلاً في اختياراته، كم كان مندفعًا وساذجًا وقت تصديقه للكلمات، كم كان على خطأ حين سمح للأخطاء أن تتكرر، وكم يبدو على حقٍ الآن حين اختار الانسحاب من أجل سلامته."
ثمة لحظة يكتشف بها المرء كم كان مغفلاً في اختياراته، كم كان مندفعًا وساذجًا وقت تصديقه للكلمات، كم كان على خطأ حين سمح للأخطاء أن تتكرر، وكم يبدو على حقٍ الآن حين اختار الانسحاب من أجل سلامته."
The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% to 4,204.36, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7% to 32,943.33. The Dow posted a fifth straight weekly loss — its longest losing streak since 2019. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.2% to 12,843.81. Though all three indexes opened in the green, stocks took a turn after a new report showed U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated more than expected in early March as consumers' inflation expectations soared to the highest since 1981. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users.
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