В системе международных отношений в эпоху Холодной войны Экваториальная Гвинея заняла совершенно уникальное место. Капиталистические ястребы из США и Франции закрывали глаза на заигрывания режима Масиаса Нгемы с коммунистиской риторикой, а СССР и Куба деликатно мирились с откровенными симпатиями гвинейского диктатора к Адольфу Гитлеру. И буквально все страны-партнёры Гвинеи - а их было немало - молчали об истреблении властями этой крошечной страны половины собственного населения.
В системе международных отношений в эпоху Холодной войны Экваториальная Гвинея заняла совершенно уникальное место. Капиталистические ястребы из США и Франции закрывали глаза на заигрывания режима Масиаса Нгемы с коммунистиской риторикой, а СССР и Куба деликатно мирились с откровенными симпатиями гвинейского диктатора к Адольфу Гитлеру. И буквально все страны-партнёры Гвинеи - а их было немало - молчали об истреблении властями этой крошечной страны половины собственного населения.
Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. In a statement, the regulator said the search and seizure operation was carried out against seven individuals and one corporate entity at multiple locations in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai. 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. "There is a significant risk of insider threat or hacking of Telegram systems that could expose all of these chats to the Russian government," said Eva Galperin with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has called for Telegram to improve its privacy practices. 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.
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