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“ Mr. Durov said that 94 percent of Telegram’s 25 million new users came from Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. Some have come to
by adamcstephens 6y ago
“ Mr. Durov said that 94 percent of Telegram’s 25 million new users came from Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.
Some have come to Telegram out of privacy fears after WhatsApp informed its customers that it was sharing information with its parent company, Facebook.”
But sure, let’s frame it as the far right flooding the platform.
- swirepe 6y ago>Twenty-five million new users flooded Telegram in the days after Twitter and Facebook, reacting to the Jan. 6 mayhem at the Capitol, purged users they deemed responsible for having incited violence or spread disinformation. That sounds like a flood from the far right to me.
- finiteseries 6y agoJanuary 6th was the exact day WhatsApp sent every user in the world an announcement forcing them to let Facebook collect their data.