“This constant lying is not intended to convince people of lies, but to make sure that no one believes in anything any more.
People who can no longer distinguish truth from lies can no longer distinguish good from evil.
And so, people who are deprived of the power to think and judge, without knowing it or wanting it, are completely subject to the rule of lies. You can do whatever you want with such people.”
“This constant lying is not intended to convince people of lies, but to make sure that no one believes in anything any more.
People who can no longer distinguish truth from lies can no longer distinguish good from evil.
And so, people who are deprived of the power to think and judge, without knowing it or wanting it, are completely subject to the rule of lies. You can do whatever you want with such people.”
Some people used the platform to organize ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, and last month Senator Mark Warner sent a letter to Durov urging him to curb Russian information operations on Telegram. Unlike Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Twitter, which run very public anti-disinformation programs, Brooking said: "Telegram is famously lax or absent in its content moderation policy." If you initiate a Secret Chat, however, then these communications are end-to-end encrypted and are tied to the device you are using. That means it’s less convenient to access them across multiple platforms, but you are at far less risk of snooping. Back in the day, Secret Chats received some praise from the EFF, but the fact that its standard system isn’t as secure earned it some criticism. If you’re looking for something that is considered more reliable by privacy advocates, then Signal is the EFF’s preferred platform, although that too is not without some caveats. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. 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."
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