I spoke with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Gerapetritis. We discussed the situation in Syria and I underscored the need to urgently safeguard Syria's minorities, including the Kurds, Alawites and Christians.
I added that the new government in Damascus was not democratically elected. But even more troubling: they are now proclaiming that elections will take place only after 4 years.
I also emphasized Israel's intent to secure a hostage deal in Gaza. I invited my Greek colleague to visit Israel soon and we agreed to remain in close contact.
I spoke with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Gerapetritis. We discussed the situation in Syria and I underscored the need to urgently safeguard Syria's minorities, including the Kurds, Alawites and Christians.
I added that the new government in Damascus was not democratically elected. But even more troubling: they are now proclaiming that elections will take place only after 4 years.
I also emphasized Israel's intent to secure a hostage deal in Gaza. I invited my Greek colleague to visit Israel soon and we agreed to remain in close contact.
"He has to start being more proactive and to find a real solution to this situation, not stay in standby without interfering. It's a very irresponsible position from the owner of Telegram," she said. But Telegram says people want to keep their chat history when they get a new phone, and they like having a data backup that will sync their chats across multiple devices. And that is why they let people choose whether they want their messages to be encrypted or not. When not turned on, though, chats are stored on Telegram's services, which are scattered throughout the world. But it has "disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments," Telegram states on its website. "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. 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. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts.
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