cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35909566

SMH @ activists using techno-fascist platforms for communications during an operation subject to state-actor level interference. I thought we recognised and acknowledged this problem 15-20 years ago already.

https://xcancel.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1965431513320927706

Screenshot of twitter post by craig murray proxied by a nitter instance. " Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg 21m I was on a whatsapp group with members on the Global Sumud flotilla and their supporters around Europe. Whatsapp appear to have disabled the whole group chat.  Sep 9, 2025 · 3:06 PM UTC"
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Durov only founded Telegram after he left Russia over Maidan. He was, however, recently arrested by the French, so...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    He left it performatively. Since then, he's secretly visited Russia, one time just around its unblocking in Russia, while pretending to be a fugitive.

    Edit: Here's an article on that.

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