Кажется, создавая свой Новый Шелковый путь как систему исключительно морских коммуникаций, китайские товарищи извлекли уроки из... путешествия в их страну венецианца Марко Поло еще в конце XIII века. Вернее, из его с семейством возвращения из дальней командировки, проделанного более безопасным морским путем - с монгольской невестой для персидского ильхана на борту (в Пекине тогда властвовала монгольская династия). Ибо сухопутный вояж в Китай оказался и долог, и тернист. Средневековье все-таки: постоянные военные конфликты, да политическая нестабильность, знаете ли...
Кажется, создавая свой Новый Шелковый путь как систему исключительно морских коммуникаций, китайские товарищи извлекли уроки из... путешествия в их страну венецианца Марко Поло еще в конце XIII века. Вернее, из его с семейством возвращения из дальней командировки, проделанного более безопасным морским путем - с монгольской невестой для персидского ильхана на борту (в Пекине тогда властвовала монгольская династия). Ибо сухопутный вояж в Китай оказался и долог, и тернист. Средневековье все-таки: постоянные военные конфликты, да политическая нестабильность, знаете ли...
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. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information.
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