📰 Da der Ukraine-Krieg kurz vor seinem Ende steht, zündelt die Kriegsmaschinerie bereits am nächsten Pulverfass. Islamisten erobern plötzlich den Norden Syriens und lösen einen neuen Stellvertreter-Konflikt aus. Wer steckt dahinter und wie kritisch ist die Lage? Eine Analyse.
📰 Da der Ukraine-Krieg kurz vor seinem Ende steht, zündelt die Kriegsmaschinerie bereits am nächsten Pulverfass. Islamisten erobern plötzlich den Norden Syriens und lösen einen neuen Stellvertreter-Konflikt aus. Wer steckt dahinter und wie kritisch ist die Lage? Eine Analyse.
Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. 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. Now safely in France with his spouse and three of his children, Kliuchnikov scrolls through Telegram to learn about the devastation happening in his home country. "For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts.
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