Telegram наконец-то стал прибыльным. Павел Дуров сообщил, что спустя три года с момента запуска подписки Premium, мессенджер наконец начал зарабатывать, и доход превысил отметку в миллиард долларов. При этом число пользователей с платной подпиской уже достигло 12 миллионов.
«Это доказывает, что социальные сети могут быть финансово устойчивыми, оставаясь при этом независимыми и защищая права пользователей», — отметил Дуров, делая вид, что это для него не новость.
Telegram наконец-то стал прибыльным. Павел Дуров сообщил, что спустя три года с момента запуска подписки Premium, мессенджер наконец начал зарабатывать, и доход превысил отметку в миллиард долларов. При этом число пользователей с платной подпиской уже достигло 12 миллионов.
«Это доказывает, что социальные сети могут быть финансово устойчивыми, оставаясь при этом независимыми и защищая права пользователей», — отметил Дуров, делая вид, что это для него не новость.
Emerson Brooking, a disinformation expert at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, said: "Back in the Wild West period of content moderation, like 2014 or 2015, maybe they could have gotten away with it, but it stands in marked contrast with how other companies run themselves today." Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. 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.
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