Die Bundesregierung verurteilt den Raketenangriff des russischen Militärs auf zivile Gebäude in der Region #Odessa mit vielen Toten auf das Schärfste. Dies führt uns erneut auf grausame Art und Weise vor, dass Russland den Tod von Zivilisten bewusst in Kauf nimmt. #Ukraine https://t.co/s14OPZ5RPp— Steffen Hebestreit (@RegSprecher) Jul 1, 2022
Die Bundesregierung verurteilt den Raketenangriff des russischen Militärs auf zivile Gebäude in der Region #Odessa mit vielen Toten auf das Schärfste. Dies führt uns erneut auf grausame Art und Weise vor, dass Russland den Tod von Zivilisten bewusst in Kauf nimmt. #Ukraine https://t.co/s14OPZ5RPp— Steffen Hebestreit (@RegSprecher) Jul 1, 2022
At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows. In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." 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.
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