Пусть с ужасом отшатнутся от нас будущие поколения, пусть история заклеймит наши имена, как имена изменников общечеловеческому делу – мы все-таки будем слагать гимны уродству, разрушению, безумию, хаосу, тьме. А там – хоть трава не расти.
Лев Шестов, апофеоз беспочвенности #русская_философия
Пусть с ужасом отшатнутся от нас будущие поколения, пусть история заклеймит наши имена, как имена изменников общечеловеческому делу – мы все-таки будем слагать гимны уродству, разрушению, безумию, хаосу, тьме. А там – хоть трава не расти.
Лев Шестов, апофеоз беспочвенности #русская_философия
At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. 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. In the past, it was noticed that through bulk SMSes, investors were induced to invest in or purchase the stocks of certain listed companies. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform.
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