Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards:
نتانیاهو وارد منطقه اشغالی سوریه شد
Translation: Netanyahu visited the occupied territory inside Syria.
## Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the summit of Mount Hermon, together with the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff.
The visit is causing a stir on social media and in Arab media outlets. A prime minister in territory that until two weeks ago was under the control of the Syrian army - that's a statement in itself.
Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards:
نتانیاهو وارد منطقه اشغالی سوریه شد
Translation: Netanyahu visited the occupied territory inside Syria.
## Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the summit of Mount Hermon, together with the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff.
The visit is causing a stir on social media and in Arab media outlets. A prime minister in territory that until two weeks ago was under the control of the Syrian army - that's a statement in itself.
"Your messages about the movement of the enemy through the official chatbot … bring new trophies every day," the government agency tweeted. 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. 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. "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights. 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."
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