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⍆ʟᵃᵇᵏʰᵃⁿᵈ ᶠᵃᶜᵏོ࿆ Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?
Date: | ⍆ʟᵃᵇᵏʰᵃⁿᵈ ᶠᵃᶜᵏོ࿆
The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. 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. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later.
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