«Наши действия не направлены против граждан России. Мы не намерены дестабилизировать Россию. Обращаюсь к гражданам России: вы не враги нам. И я не верю, что вы хотите кровавой и разрушительной войны против Украины, страны, с которой у вас такие тесные связи, общая история и культура. 77 лет назад наши народы сражались бок о бок, чтобы положить конец самой страшной войне в истории»
«Наши действия не направлены против граждан России. Мы не намерены дестабилизировать Россию. Обращаюсь к гражданам России: вы не враги нам. И я не верю, что вы хотите кровавой и разрушительной войны против Украины, страны, с которой у вас такие тесные связи, общая история и культура. 77 лет назад наши народы сражались бок о бок, чтобы положить конец самой страшной войне в истории»
Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. In December 2021, Sebi officials had conducted a search and seizure operation at the premises of certain persons carrying out similar manipulative activities through Telegram channels. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market.
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