"This time, it is not a regular episode, but a warning video with a message that, I hope, people will hear. Many citizens of our country become victims of Ukrainian fraudsters every day. Pigs ask children to start fires in their apartments or open the gas on all the burners of the kitchen stove. Pigs even rob the gullible elderly. Don't be asleep, people, don't be a victim! A pig will do anything to extort information from you, to get your passwords, codes, personal data on the phone. It's better to just hang up than to engage in a conversation."
"This time, it is not a regular episode, but a warning video with a message that, I hope, people will hear. Many citizens of our country become victims of Ukrainian fraudsters every day. Pigs ask children to start fires in their apartments or open the gas on all the burners of the kitchen stove. Pigs even rob the gullible elderly. Don't be asleep, people, don't be a victim! A pig will do anything to extort information from you, to get your passwords, codes, personal data on the phone. It's better to just hang up than to engage in a conversation."
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. 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. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. To that end, when files are actively downloading, a new icon now appears in the Search bar that users can tap to view and manage downloads, pause and resume all downloads or just individual items, and select one to increase its priority or view it in a chat.
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