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Ukraine Asks if Telegram, Its Favorite App, Is a Sleeper Agent (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 week ago by discimus@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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About 70 percent of Ukraine's population uses Telegram as their main source of news, but the government is worried that the app is being used as a method of disinformation and spying by Russia. They are trying to pivot to apps like Signal instead, but it is difficult to break the habit of such a majority of the country.

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[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Kek.

That could never happen!

looks at western countries and tik toc

Social media is a theater of war. Manipulating citizens of a country slowly and insidiously over time is a huge win that inflicts no casualties on your own populace.