This is not a surprise. Individuals jailed for speech in Russia are "worthy victims" in a propaganda model, they are innocent victims who deserve justice and outrage because their suffering is politically useful for the elite (goal: Russia is le ebil). Individuals jailed for the same thing in client-states or allies are "unworthy victims" and either it didn't happen or you're misunderstanding things or this is just an unfortunate part and parcel of living in the world because their suffering doesn't really serve useful ends. The surprise is that this article is being published at all. The Economist, being a British publication, really would like it if they had less explicit government restraint and could revert back to the implicit government restraint that has served so well for ages. Notably, there is no by-line.
This is not a surprise. Individuals jailed for speech in Russia are "worthy victims" in a propaganda model, they are innocent victims who deserve justice and outrage because their suffering is politically useful for the elite (goal: Russia is le ebil). Individuals jailed for the same thing in client-states or allies are "unworthy victims" and either it didn't happen or you're misunderstanding things or this is just an unfortunate part and parcel of living in the world because their suffering doesn't really serve useful ends. The surprise is that this article is being published at all. The Economist, being a British publication, really would like it if they had less explicit government restraint and could revert back to the implicit government restraint that has served so well for ages. Notably, there is no by-line.
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For some time, Mr. Durov and a few dozen staffers had no fixed headquarters, but rather traveled the world, setting up shop in one city after another, he told the Journal in 2016. The company now has its operational base in Dubai, though it says it doesn’t keep servers there.Mr. Durov maintains a yearslong friendship from his VK days with actor and tech investor Jared Leto, with whom he shares an ascetic lifestyle that eschews meat and alcohol.
Newly uncovered hack campaign in Telegram
The campaign, which security firm Check Point has named Rampant Kitten, comprises two main components, one for Windows and the other for Android. Rampant Kitten’s objective is to steal Telegram messages, passwords, and two-factor authentication codes sent by SMS and then also take screenshots and record sounds within earshot of an infected phone, the researchers said in a post published on Friday.
