На сайте Американской киноакадемии обнаружено прекрасное: если вы, собственно, академик, то можете прийти на спецпоказ аж с тремя гостями, но будьте добры не пить, не жрать, не баловаться сладким и не жевать ЖВАЧКУ. Не стоит отвлекаться, вам всё-таки голосовать и вершить историю «Оскара» предстоит 💪
На сайте Американской киноакадемии обнаружено прекрасное: если вы, собственно, академик, то можете прийти на спецпоказ аж с тремя гостями, но будьте добры не пить, не жрать, не баловаться сладким и не жевать ЖВАЧКУ. Не стоит отвлекаться, вам всё-таки голосовать и вершить историю «Оскара» предстоит 💪
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. Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." 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. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations.
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