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Telegram Thrives Amid Russia's Media Crackdown

Russia's campaign to restrict access to Twitter, Facebook and other sources of uncensored information on its invasion of Ukraine has skipped one crucial platform: the social media and chat app Telegram.

Bangkok Post

Claims invading soldiers are forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia

The mayor of the besieged port city of Mariupol said via its Telegram channel that residents are being forcibly deported to Russia.

The New Daily

US Envoy to UN Decries ‘Disturbing’ Accounts of Ukrainians Deported to Russia

Accounts that thousands of residents of Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol have been forcibly deported to Russia are "disturbing" and "unconscionable" if true, US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sunday. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Thomas-Greenfield said the United States had not yet…

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Drugs and guns sold by criminals in Scotland using Russian app

Crooks and extremist groups have been drawn to use the Telegram service because it uses end-to-end encryption and guarantees that no one else can see what's being said.

Glasgow Live

Zelenskiy Says Russia Wages ‘Terror’, Mariupol Says Thousands Deported

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia's siege of the port city of Mariupol was "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come", while local authorities said thousands of residents there had been taken by force across the border. "Over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents were deported…

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Criminal gangs try to flog drugs, guns and fake money to Scots on Russian app Telegram

Telegram app, designed to be secure for users, is increasingly being used to sell dangerous contraband around Scotland, a Sunday Mail investigation has found.

Daily Record

Brazil bans Telegram messaging service in crackdown on ‘fake news’

Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the popular messaging service Telegram, in a widening crackdown on what authorities describe as fake news and hate speech in the lead-up to presidential elections later this year.

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Humanitarian corridor for evacuation in Ukraine's Luhansk region will be open on Saturday - governor

A humanitarian corridor for evacuations in Ukraine's Luhansk region will be opened on Saturday morning, regional governor Serhiy Gaiday said on Telegram.

Reuters

Brazil's Supreme Court suspends Telegram, a key Bolsonaro platform

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, saying it had repeatedly refused to adhere to judicial orders to freeze accounts spreading disinformation or comply with the country's laws, according to a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Brazil bans Telegram messaging service in crackdown on ‘fake news’

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the popular messaging service Telegram, in a widening crackdown on what authorities describe as fake news and hate speech in the lead up to presidential elections later this year.

Tribune News Service

Brazil judge bans messaging app Telegram for ignoring ruling

A justice of Brazil's top court has ordered the messaging app Telegram to be shut down nationwide

The Independent UK

Russian invasion of Ukraine: Telegram finds itself on frontline of information war

Telegram reached 500 million users last year, many of them in Russia and Ukraine. Since Russia invaded its neighbour, Telegram has topped app store charts worldwide, as people try to get to the heart of what's happening and as Ukrainian civilians maintain vital lines of communication. Telegram likes to tout…

France 24

Live updates: Mayor reports several missiles hit Lviv

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said Friday on Telegram that several missiles hit a facility used to repair military aircraft and damaged a bus repair facility

The Independent UK

Facebook Removes More Russia Posts Claiming Children’s Hospital Bombing a Hoax

Facebook on Wednesday removed official Russian posts that falsely claimed reports of Russia bombing a children's hospital in Ukraine were a hoax, a company spokesperson said, even as similar messages appeared on other social media platforms. The misinformation, on Russian Embassy Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts, circulated even after Twitter…

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Irish Mirror

Who is Ramzan Kadyrov? 'Barbaric' Chechen president with three wives and 12 children said to be joining Putin's war

The 45-year-old friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have taken to Telegram to share a video of himself wearing a military uniform

Irish Mirror

Elon Musk changes name on Twitter after cheeky exchange with leader of the Chechen Republic

In a statement on Telegram, shared by the Tesla and Space X CEO, the Chechen leader warned Musk to be careful of what he was asking for

Evening Standard

‘Putin is our enemy too’ — how the Ukraine invasion has triggered a Russian youthquake on Telegram and TikTok

Russian millennials and young people are social media savvy, liberal - and horrified by their mother country’s actions in Ukraine. Katie Strick meets a politicised generation

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‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia

Ukraine appealed for a global army of IT experts to help in the battle against Putin – and many answered the call. We speak to people on the digital frontline

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's ally gives chilling warning to 'finish' enemies in Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechen and an ally of Vladimir Putin, urged for Ukrainian forces to surrender "or you will be finished" in a warning on Telegram

The Guardian - UK

‘This is my life’: Russian influencers take stock after Instagram access blocked

For many Russian businesses, the social network was a leading platform for advertising and communicating with clients

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War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall. So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with Russia following its invasion, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov was alarmed.

The Independent UK

War censorship exposes Putin's leaky internet controls

The Kremlin's raft of online censorship measures has exposed serious shortcomings in its efforts to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall

The Guardian - AU

As it happened: Zelenskiy urges Nato to implement no-fly zone

This live blog has now closed. Follow the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war here.

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Ukraine President Appeals to Mothers of Russian Soldiers

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the mothers of Russian soldiers to prevent their sons being sent to war in Ukraine. "I want to say this once again to Russian mothers, especially mothers of conscripts. Do not send your children to war in a foreign country," Zelensky said…

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