I wrote a really long Substack thread documenting Rudyard's descent to complete madness going back a good number of years. If you’re curious about the timeline and want to understand how it all unfolded, there’s no better source than the following detailed account: https://ubersoy.com/p/a-timeline-of-whatifalthists-mental
I wrote a really long Substack thread documenting Rudyard's descent to complete madness going back a good number of years. If you’re curious about the timeline and want to understand how it all unfolded, there’s no better source than the following detailed account: https://ubersoy.com/p/a-timeline-of-whatifalthists-mental
Following this, Sebi, in an order passed in January 2022, established that the administrators of a Telegram channel having a large subscriber base enticed the subscribers to act upon recommendations that were circulated by those administrators on the channel, leading to significant price and volume impact in various scrips. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts.
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