2024-07-06
Hey Apple, why would you help the Kremlin censor its own population?
Reuters
Interfax: Apple removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store in Russia, following a request by state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor
U.S. tech giant Apple (AAPL.O) removed the mobile apps of 25 VPN services from its App Store, following a request …
2024-03-12
Telegram owner Pavel Durov says it “is “very important for the world to retain Telegram as a neutral platform.” Telegram is hardly “neutral” when it permits the spread of vast amounts of disinformation and propaganda by aggressive powers like Russia. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
An interview with Pavel Durov on running Telegram, which has ~50 full-time staff, its Dubai HQ, reaching 1B MAUs in 12-14 months, Russia, moderation, and more
As the messaging platform gears up for a potential stock market flotation, it is under pressure to curtail use by criminals
2022-03-02
Big Thread: After a few more days of war, I've been carefully monitoring Russian social media reaction and production and I'm more convinced than before that Putin's regime has totally overestimated its ability to win a propaganda war.
Protocol
Meta will demote content linking to Russian state media outlets on Facebook and Instagram globally and rolls out encrypted Instagram DMs in Ukraine and Russia
a rate of 1.3 billion views a day, or 928,000 views a minute https://www.wired.com/... Aisha S Gani / @aishagani : Wonder what message this gives to the Rohingya and Ethiopians who...
People are not ready for their iPhones to disappear to inflation and sanctions (joke seen in the wild today: “Don't drop your iPhone, because it's going to be your last"). People are not ready for hyper-inflation.
MacRumors
Apple pauses all product sales in Russia, removes RT News and Sputnik News from the App Store outside Russia, and disables Apple Maps' live traffic in Ukraine
Apple today confirmed that it has stopped all product sales from its online website in Russia, which means customers in Russia …
Big Thread: After a few more days of war, I've been carefully monitoring Russian social media reaction and production and I'm more convinced than before that Putin's regime has totally overestimated its ability to win a propaganda war.
MacRumors
Apple pauses all product sales in Russia, removes RT News and Sputnik News from the App Store outside Russia, and disables Apple Maps' live traffic in Ukraine
Apple today confirmed that it has stopped all product sales from its online website in Russia, which means customers in Russia …