— ❗️🇱🇧/🇸🇾 NEW: Earlier today, clashes broke out after HTS terrorists attacked Lebanese Army units on the Lebanese border with Syria in Baalbek-Hermel governorate
After a delegation from the newly formed HTS-led Syrian Transitional Government was sent to the area, the factions stopped fighting against the Lebanese Army. Three Lebanese soldiers were injured due to the fighting.
Lebanon has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, to prevent any incursions and to be prepared in case of armed clashes.
— ❗️🇱🇧/🇸🇾 NEW: Earlier today, clashes broke out after HTS terrorists attacked Lebanese Army units on the Lebanese border with Syria in Baalbek-Hermel governorate
After a delegation from the newly formed HTS-led Syrian Transitional Government was sent to the area, the factions stopped fighting against the Lebanese Army. Three Lebanese soldiers were injured due to the fighting.
Lebanon has sent reinforcements to the border with Syria, to prevent any incursions and to be prepared in case of armed clashes.
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. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." 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. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read."
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