"Россия превратилась в законченную бандитскую малину со всем букетом соответствующих повадок. Сегодняшние звезды российской культуры – это галерея гротескных персонажей, демонстрирующих такую степень культурной деградации, что впору говорить не о культуре и традиции, а о выпадении из них и впадении в дикость. И разве президентом такой страны не должен быть человек, называющий развязанную им войну, в которой погибли сотни тысяч, "движухой"?"
"Россия превратилась в законченную бандитскую малину со всем букетом соответствующих повадок. Сегодняшние звезды российской культуры – это галерея гротескных персонажей, демонстрирующих такую степень культурной деградации, что впору говорить не о культуре и традиции, а о выпадении из них и впадении в дикость. И разве президентом такой страны не должен быть человек, называющий развязанную им войну, в которой погибли сотни тысяч, "движухой"?"
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. 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. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences.
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