Researchers: Telegram, which had 11.9M downloads the week of the Capitol riot, began shutting down public white supremacist groups for the first time Wednesday
Financial Times : Tweets: @mshannahmurphy , @dfrlab , @chrismessina , @magsvisaggs , @mikebutcher , and @discopriest Tweets: Hannah Murphy / @mshannahmurphy : NEW: Telegram - the messaging app that's exploded in popularity in the wake of the Parler shutdown - began shutting down public domestic extremist/white supremacist groups for the first time yesterday, according to researchers Story w/ @SVR13 https://www.ft.com/... @dfrlab : As extremists and far-right groups hop from one social media platform to the next, it is not without a drop off in engaged users. As these communities migrate, they lose desired audiences creating ever-smaller echo chambers. https://www.ft.com/... Chris Messina / @chrismessina : @durov says, “We may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history.” ...away from mainstream platforms like Facebook/WhatsApp/Twitter to the still-wild wild West of @telegram. https://t.me/... #notifs https://twitter.com/... @magsvisaggs : Nowhere to run. https://twitter.com/... Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher : Telegram is going to have to address this, and fast. https://twitter.com/... @discopriest : No platform wants the liability that white supremacists represent. https://twitter.com/...