Morte di un regime: (1) la bandiera dell’opposizione issata all’ambasciata siriana a Mosca, (2) il mausoleo di Hafiz al-Assad, padre di Bashar, dato alle fiamme dai ribelli e (3) un album di famiglia appena rubato dalla residenza di Bashar al-Assad (12/2024, via Al Jazeera, Twitter/Qalaat Al Mudiq, Twitter/Qusay Noor)
Morte di un regime: (1) la bandiera dell’opposizione issata all’ambasciata siriana a Mosca, (2) il mausoleo di Hafiz al-Assad, padre di Bashar, dato alle fiamme dai ribelli e (3) un album di famiglia appena rubato dalla residenza di Bashar al-Assad (12/2024, via Al Jazeera, Twitter/Qalaat Al Mudiq, Twitter/Qusay Noor)
Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. 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. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market. "The result is on this photo: fiery 'greetings' to the invaders," the Security Service of Ukraine wrote alongside a photo showing several military vehicles among plumes of black smoke. "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world."
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