A look at Russia's efforts to promote homegrown social media like Rutube and VKontakte, even as local content creators choose to stick with Western services
Kremlin cracks down on Western social media, but Russia's homemade alternatives are a tough sell Tweets: @etbrooking , @evangershkovich , @saraheneedleman , and @mike_eckel Tweets: Emerson T. Brooking...
Clearview AI CEO says Ukraine is using its facial recognition tech, with 2B+ images from Russia's VKontakte, for free to identify Russian attackers and the dead
Ukraine's defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology, the company's chief executive told Reuters …
How Pavel Durov lost control of Russia's largest social network VKontakte to the Kremlin
Casey Johnston / Motherboard : Tweets: @caseyjohnston and @mattcutts Tweets: Casey Johnston / @caseyjohnston : when Putin's oligarchs buy yr $2 billion startup bc the internet is an evil CIA project/...
How Pavel Durov lost control of Russia's largest social network VKontakte to the Kremlin
Crime, Punishment, and Russia's Original Social Network — Pavel Durov, founder of the Russian social network VKontakte, was home alone in his apartment in St. Petersburg on a weekend when a continge...