Правительство России опубликовало список из 47 стран, которые, как считают власти, «продвигают неолиберальные ценности, идущие вразрез с традиционными российскими». В него вошли большинство европейских стран, США, Великобритания, Украина, Тайвань, Микронезия и Сингапур. Исключениями в Европе стали Венгрия и Словакия. Составление списка было поручено МИД РФ, а утвержден он был на уровне кабмина.
Правительство России опубликовало список из 47 стран, которые, как считают власти, «продвигают неолиберальные ценности, идущие вразрез с традиционными российскими». В него вошли большинство европейских стран, США, Великобритания, Украина, Тайвань, Микронезия и Сингапур. Исключениями в Европе стали Венгрия и Словакия. Составление списка было поручено МИД РФ, а утвержден он был на уровне кабмина.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. Unlike Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Twitter, which run very public anti-disinformation programs, Brooking said: "Telegram is famously lax or absent in its content moderation policy." He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. 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.
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