"وكم من أعرابيٍّ نظر إلى أسارير وجه رسول الله ﷺ، وإلى حُسن كلامه، ولطف شمائله وأخلاقه، فآمن به وصدَّقه تصديقًا جازمًا لم يخالجه ريبٌ، من غير مطالبة بمعجزة يقيمها وذكر وجه دلالتها".
"وكم من أعرابيٍّ نظر إلى أسارير وجه رسول الله ﷺ، وإلى حُسن كلامه، ولطف شمائله وأخلاقه، فآمن به وصدَّقه تصديقًا جازمًا لم يخالجه ريبٌ، من غير مطالبة بمعجزة يقيمها وذكر وجه دلالتها".
The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. "There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said. Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences. The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links.
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