«Час Земли» – ежегодная акция Всемирного фонда дикой природы. Её цель – формирование ответственного отношения к окружающей среде, привлечение внимания к проблемам экологии, сохранения природных ресурсов. Присоединившиеся к акции люди в одно и то же время выключают на один час свет и бытовые электроприборы, а на архитектурных сооружениях гаснет декоративная подсветка. При этом «Час Земли» – самая массовая акция в истории. В 2020 году к ней присоединились жители более 7,5 тысяч городов в 190 странах мира.
«Час Земли» – ежегодная акция Всемирного фонда дикой природы. Её цель – формирование ответственного отношения к окружающей среде, привлечение внимания к проблемам экологии, сохранения природных ресурсов. Присоединившиеся к акции люди в одно и то же время выключают на один час свет и бытовые электроприборы, а на архитектурных сооружениях гаснет декоративная подсветка. При этом «Час Земли» – самая массовая акция в истории. В 2020 году к ней присоединились жители более 7,5 тысяч городов в 190 странах мира.
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. One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. 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." The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych.
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