Психолог задаёт четырехлетнему Вовочке вопросы: — Сколько у киски лапок? — Четыре. — А сколько у киски ушек? — Два. — А сколько у киски глазок? — Два. — А сколько у киски хвостиков? Вовочка поворачивается к матери: — Мам, этот дурак, что ли, никогда не видел кошек?
Психолог задаёт четырехлетнему Вовочке вопросы: — Сколько у киски лапок? — Четыре. — А сколько у киски ушек? — Два. — А сколько у киски глазок? — Два. — А сколько у киски хвостиков? Вовочка поворачивается к матери: — Мам, этот дурак, что ли, никогда не видел кошек?
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. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had carried out a similar exercise in 2017 in a matter related to circulation of messages through WhatsApp. In the United States, Telegram's lower public profile has helped it mostly avoid high level scrutiny from Congress, but it has not gone unnoticed. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm.
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