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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

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[โ€“] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Rose@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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.