„Zustände wie in einer Diktatur“ – Wurden diese Wahlen manipuliert?
In den letzten Jahren war es zu zahlreichen „Unregelmäßigkeiten“ bei Wahlen gekommen – nicht nur in Berlin, sondern auch in Österreich. Doch was ist genau passiert?
„Zustände wie in einer Diktatur“ – Wurden diese Wahlen manipuliert?
In den letzten Jahren war es zu zahlreichen „Unregelmäßigkeiten“ bei Wahlen gekommen – nicht nur in Berlin, sondern auch in Österreich. Doch was ist genau passiert?
Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights. Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. 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.
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