🇹🇲 Ну и в качестве вишенки на туркменском этнократическом торте. Авторами всей внутренней и внешней политики Туркмении, архитекторами всей туркменской идеологии считаются три человека. И все они - внезапно - русские. Это помощник президента ВикторХрамов, который ушёл на пенсию лишь в сентябре прошлого года (после инсульта), управляющий дворцом конгрессов и искусств Александр Жадан (скончался в апреле 2023-го) и Владимир Умнов, который до сих пор работает в туркменском Министерстве национальной безопасности.
🇹🇲 Ну и в качестве вишенки на туркменском этнократическом торте. Авторами всей внутренней и внешней политики Туркмении, архитекторами всей туркменской идеологии считаются три человека. И все они - внезапно - русские. Это помощник президента ВикторХрамов, который ушёл на пенсию лишь в сентябре прошлого года (после инсульта), управляющий дворцом конгрессов и искусств Александр Жадан (скончался в апреле 2023-го) и Владимир Умнов, который до сих пор работает в туркменском Министерстве национальной безопасности.
But Kliuchnikov, the Ukranian now in France, said he will use Signal or WhatsApp for sensitive conversations, but questions around privacy on Telegram do not give him pause when it comes to sharing information about the war. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. The regulator said it had received information that messages containing stock tips and other investment advice with respect to selected listed companies are being widely circulated through websites and social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. 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.
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