Александра Дрозденко, губернатора Ленинградской области, поздравляю с 60-летием! Мне кажется, нашим соседям повезло с руководителем. Активный, открытый, современный. Конечно, мы давно знакомы. Александр Юрьевич не раз был в Открытой студии, а мы разных руководителей видели за 20 лет, но он всегда в числе интересных собеседников на любую жесткую, проблемную или победную тему, без начальственного лоска и вороха запретов со стороны пресс-служб. Так пусть лучшее будет неизменным, а проблемы — решаемыми. Фото Валентина Илюшина
Александра Дрозденко, губернатора Ленинградской области, поздравляю с 60-летием! Мне кажется, нашим соседям повезло с руководителем. Активный, открытый, современный. Конечно, мы давно знакомы. Александр Юрьевич не раз был в Открытой студии, а мы разных руководителей видели за 20 лет, но он всегда в числе интересных собеседников на любую жесткую, проблемную или победную тему, без начальственного лоска и вороха запретов со стороны пресс-служб. Так пусть лучшее будет неизменным, а проблемы — решаемыми. Фото Валентина Илюшина
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. 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. So, uh, whenever I hear about Telegram, it’s always in relation to something bad. What gives? Individual messages can be fully encrypted. But the user has to turn on that function. It's not automatic, as it is on Signal and WhatsApp. The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych.
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