Блокировок и цензуры в российском интернете становится все больше. На этой неделе началась очередная волна замедления видеохостинга YouTube, на этот раз на мобильных сетях связи. Сотни россиян уже жалуются на сложности использования сервиса: от предельно низкого качества видео до невозможности полной загрузки сайта.
Блокировок и цензуры в российском интернете становится все больше. На этой неделе началась очередная волна замедления видеохостинга YouTube, на этот раз на мобильных сетях связи. Сотни россиян уже жалуются на сложности использования сервиса: от предельно низкого качества видео до невозможности полной загрузки сайта.
Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. 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 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
from vn
