Nationalratswahl: Hofer wendet sich wegen Journalisten-Boykotts an Bundespräsidenten
Der noch nie da gewesene Ausschluss von Journalisten von der Berichterstattung des Wahlabends im Parlament nimmt immer größere Ausmaße an. Jetzt hat sich der Dritte Nationalratspräsident Norbert Hofer mit einem „Offenen Brief“ an den Bundespräsidenten und seinen Kollegen im Parlament gewandt.
Nationalratswahl: Hofer wendet sich wegen Journalisten-Boykotts an Bundespräsidenten
Der noch nie da gewesene Ausschluss von Journalisten von der Berichterstattung des Wahlabends im Parlament nimmt immer größere Ausmaße an. Jetzt hat sich der Dritte Nationalratspräsident Norbert Hofer mit einem „Offenen Brief“ an den Bundespräsidenten und seinen Kollegen im Parlament gewandt.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. 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. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. 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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