Стажёр-исследователь ЦКЕМИ Евгений Смагин прочитал в Библиотеке иностранной литературы лекцию о киберспорте в арабских странах. Она стала частью Фестиваля культур стран арабского мира. В своей лекции молодой исследователь рассказал:
💱 зачем страны Ближнего Востока — такие как ОАЭ и Саудовская Аравия — инвестируют в индустрию компьютерных игр; 🎮 какие проекты, ориентированные на киберспортсменов, они развивают; 🕌 что делает компьютерные игры инструментом мягкой силы арабских стран.
Стажёр-исследователь ЦКЕМИ Евгений Смагин прочитал в Библиотеке иностранной литературы лекцию о киберспорте в арабских странах. Она стала частью Фестиваля культур стран арабского мира. В своей лекции молодой исследователь рассказал:
💱 зачем страны Ближнего Востока — такие как ОАЭ и Саудовская Аравия — инвестируют в индустрию компьютерных игр; 🎮 какие проекты, ориентированные на киберспортсменов, они развивают; 🕌 что делает компьютерные игры инструментом мягкой силы арабских стран.
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. On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Multiple pro-Kremlin media figures circulated the post's false claims, including prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Soloviev and the state-controlled Russian outlet RT, according to the DFR Lab's report. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety.
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