Telegram остается для ASTRA главной площадкой, но мы развиваем и другие соцсети, чтобы в любых условиях продолжать освещать события, как это не делает никто другой.
🌱 Подпишитесь сами, и обязательно подписывайте друзей и знакомых за границей, чтобы при любом давлении на свободу слова настоящая журналистика продолжала существовать.
Telegram остается для ASTRA главной площадкой, но мы развиваем и другие соцсети, чтобы в любых условиях продолжать освещать события, как это не делает никто другой.
🌱 Подпишитесь сами, и обязательно подписывайте друзей и знакомых за границей, чтобы при любом давлении на свободу слова настоящая журналистика продолжала существовать.
In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts. At this point, however, Durov had already been working on Telegram with his brother, and further planned a mobile-first social network with an explicit focus on anti-censorship. Later in April, he told TechCrunch that he had left Russia and had “no plans to go back,” saying that the nation was currently “incompatible with internet business at the moment.” He added later that he was looking for a country that matched his libertarian ideals to base his next startup. Telegram users are able to send files of any type up to 2GB each and access them from any device, with no limit on cloud storage, which has made downloading files more popular on the platform.
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