• bobzer@lemmy.zip
    94·
    21 hours ago

    Telegram is owned by Russian Elon Musk and the FSB. Avoid it if you can.

    • m532@lemmygrad.ml
      32·
      12 hours ago

      If you fight against USrael, russia seems like a good idea. Worked for Snowden.

      • bobzer@lemmy.zip
        1·
        11 hours ago

        They’re both shitty imperialist countries responsible for wars and genocide.

        I’ll take neither, thanks.

    • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      20 hours ago

      Ah, just looked the guy up on Wiki. Yeah, Russian Elon musk seems about right.

      We don’t use Telegram and I never plan to.

    • Aqarius@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 hours ago

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

      • Rose@lemmy.zip
        53·
        18 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.