Because European Jews associated Christmas with evil, they viewed Christmas Eve as a time when evil spirits and other supernatural forces were present.
Thus, they observed "Nittel Nacht" by staying up all night playing games and abstaining from sacred acts.
On Christmas day itself, Jews had a tradition of refusing to experience any joy on the day, as well as avoiding reading the Torah in case it gave Jesus any respite from his suffering, and eating garlic to ward off Jesus' demonic spirit.
No children could be conceived on the day, lest they conceived a child cursed by the devil.
Because European Jews associated Christmas with evil, they viewed Christmas Eve as a time when evil spirits and other supernatural forces were present.
Thus, they observed "Nittel Nacht" by staying up all night playing games and abstaining from sacred acts.
On Christmas day itself, Jews had a tradition of refusing to experience any joy on the day, as well as avoiding reading the Torah in case it gave Jesus any respite from his suffering, and eating garlic to ward off Jesus' demonic spirit.
No children could be conceived on the day, lest they conceived a child cursed by the devil.
Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images 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." Right now the digital security needs of Russians and Ukrainians are very different, and they lead to very different caveats about how to mitigate the risks associated with using Telegram. For Ukrainians in Ukraine, whose physical safety is at risk because they are in a war zone, digital security is probably not their highest priority. They may value access to news and communication with their loved ones over making sure that all of their communications are encrypted in such a manner that they are indecipherable to Telegram, its employees, or governments with court orders. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. "The argument from Telegram is, 'You should trust us because we tell you that we're trustworthy,'" Maréchal said. "It's really in the eye of the beholder whether that's something you want to buy into."
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