🚢🛢️ A number of coastal states of the Baltic and North Seas (🇬🇧UK, 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇫🇮Finland, 🇵🇱Poland and 🇪🇪Estonia) have agreed on joint measures to combat the Russian shadow fleet. The group will conduct regular inspections of shadow fleet vessels, — Finnish MFA
🚢🛢️ A number of coastal states of the Baltic and North Seas (🇬🇧UK, 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇫🇮Finland, 🇵🇱Poland and 🇪🇪Estonia) have agreed on joint measures to combat the Russian shadow fleet. The group will conduct regular inspections of shadow fleet vessels, — Finnish MFA
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. 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. 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. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram? Some people used the platform to organize ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, and last month Senator Mark Warner sent a letter to Durov urging him to curb Russian information operations on Telegram.
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