🐱🇺🇦Следом за новостями о том, что в Москве уже готовят «детальный список проживающих на Украине лиц, подлежащих аресту или физической ликвидации», посыпались обвинения от Элиота Хиггинса в отношении российских властей за сфабрикованный кризис беженцев, который, по его мнению, и станет «причиной для вторжения на Украину».
🐱🇺🇦Следом за новостями о том, что в Москве уже готовят «детальный список проживающих на Украине лиц, подлежащих аресту или физической ликвидации», посыпались обвинения от Элиота Хиггинса в отношении российских властей за сфабрикованный кризис беженцев, который, по его мнению, и станет «причиной для вторжения на Украину».
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. 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. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. "There are several million Russians who can lift their head up from propaganda and try to look for other sources, and I'd say that most look for it on Telegram," he said.
from vn
