🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links. "Your messages about the movement of the enemy through the official chatbot … bring new trophies every day," the government agency tweeted. "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights.
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