Александр Усс, губернатор Красноярского края, чей сын Артем ранее был задержан в Италии по запросу американских властей, считающих его причастным к уклонению от санкций и отмыванию денег, назвал очевидным «политический окрас» данных обвинений. По мнению губернатора, его сын занимался обычным предпринимательством и законы не нарушал. #Усс #Красноярск
Александр Усс, губернатор Красноярского края, чей сын Артем ранее был задержан в Италии по запросу американских властей, считающих его причастным к уклонению от санкций и отмыванию денег, назвал очевидным «политический окрас» данных обвинений. По мнению губернатора, его сын занимался обычным предпринимательством и законы не нарушал. #Усс #Красноярск
At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. These entities are reportedly operating nine Telegram channels with more than five million subscribers to whom they were making recommendations on selected listed scrips. Such recommendations induced the investors to deal in the said scrips, thereby creating artificial volume and price rise. 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. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion.
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