— 🇸🇾/🇪🇬 NEW: The leader of HTS and de-facto leader of the Syrian Transitional Government, Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, posed for a picture with one of his close aides: Mahmoud Fathy, an Egyptian terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for the murder of Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, in a car bombing in Cairo in 2015
— 🇸🇾/🇪🇬 NEW: The leader of HTS and de-facto leader of the Syrian Transitional Government, Abu Muhammad Al-Jolani, posed for a picture with one of his close aides: Mahmoud Fathy, an Egyptian terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, convicted for the murder of Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, in a car bombing in Cairo in 2015
Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. 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. The regulator said it has been undertaking several campaigns to educate the investors to be vigilant while taking investment decisions based on stock tips. Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. As a result, the pandemic saw many newcomers to Telegram, including prominent anti-vaccine activists who used the app's hands-off approach to share false information on shots, a study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue shows.
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