HOT TAKE: THE #FREEPAVEL TWEET OF ELON IS INTENTIONALLY HIDING THE TELEGRAM LOGO ON DUROV'S SHIRT AND IT WAS HANDPICKED TO BE THE PART WHERE DUROV ENDORSED X ^R0
HOT TAKE: THE #FREEPAVEL TWEET OF ELON IS INTENTIONALLY HIDING THE TELEGRAM LOGO ON DUROV'S SHIRT AND IT WAS HANDPICKED TO BE THE PART WHERE DUROV ENDORSED X ^R0
BY Telegram Breaking
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A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. 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. 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. This provided opportunity to their linked entities to offload their shares at higher prices and make significant profits at the cost of unsuspecting retail investors. 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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