Six #Tesla Gigafactories are scattered around the globe to produce Elon #Musk's electric #cars. To meet the demand of the European market, a factory was built in #Germany. It is located on the outskirts of Berlin and has a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year. The region around #Berlin, although it has many small lakes, is one of the driest regions in Germany. Activists and residents of the area feared the water consumption and pollution that the #Gigafactory would bring.
Six #Tesla Gigafactories are scattered around the globe to produce Elon #Musk's electric #cars. To meet the demand of the European market, a factory was built in #Germany. It is located on the outskirts of Berlin and has a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year. The region around #Berlin, although it has many small lakes, is one of the driest regions in Germany. Activists and residents of the area feared the water consumption and pollution that the #Gigafactory would bring.
Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. "There are a lot of things that Telegram could have been doing this whole time. And they know exactly what they are and they've chosen not to do them. That's why I don't trust them," she said. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. He floated the idea of restricting the use of Telegram in Ukraine and Russia, a suggestion that was met with fierce opposition from users. Shortly after, Durov backed off the idea.
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