В Пакистане от рук местных талибов (ТТП) погибли 16 военнослужащих, ещё 8 получили ранения. Инцидент произошёл в ночь на 21 декабря в н.п. Макин, Южный Вазиристан, где целью нападавших стал КПП.
Атака считается одной из крупнейших за последние месяцы. #Пакистан @ConflictZone5
В Пакистане от рук местных талибов (ТТП) погибли 16 военнослужащих, ещё 8 получили ранения. Инцидент произошёл в ночь на 21 декабря в н.п. Макин, Южный Вазиристан, где целью нападавших стал КПП.
Атака считается одной из крупнейших за последние месяцы. #Пакистан @ConflictZone5
"Your messages about the movement of the enemy through the official chatbot … bring new trophies every day," the government agency tweeted. 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. 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. Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read." "There is a significant risk of insider threat or hacking of Telegram systems that could expose all of these chats to the Russian government," said Eva Galperin with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has called for Telegram to improve its privacy practices.
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