« Quand il y a eu le Bataclan, il y a eu une marche contre l’islamophobie, les petites bougies. Derrière il y a des communicants pour nous faire digérer toute cette actualité. Mais ce n’est pas eux qui font la réalité »
« Quand il y a eu le Bataclan, il y a eu une marche contre l’islamophobie, les petites bougies. Derrière il y a des communicants pour nous faire digérer toute cette actualité. Mais ce n’est pas eux qui font la réalité »
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. 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. "There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. Official government accounts have also spread fake fact checks. An official Twitter account for the Russia diplomatic mission in Geneva shared a fake debunking video claiming without evidence that "Western and Ukrainian media are creating thousands of fake news on Russia every day." The video, which has amassed almost 30,000 views, offered a "how-to" spot misinformation. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements.
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