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Andrew Rogozov, Former Exec at VK, the 'Facebook of Russia,' Joins Telegram’s Spin-Off Blockchain Project
The move is subject to the company meeting all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. If the re-domiciliation goes ahead, VK will become an International Public Company under Russian law. It is expected to improve the company’s operational efficiency, although there are no details as yet regarding the timing or mechanics of the process, Renaissance Capital reported in a note. Russian social media site Although Facebook and Twitter have moderated the content and periodically purge their sites of violent and extremist accounts, Graphika’s director of investigations, Tyler Williams, said the Russian-pushed content isn’t moderated as stringently on conservative platforms.
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Social media shaping internet
"Russia may be using bombs to drop on innocent people, but Anonymous uses lasers to kill Russian government websites," read a post on Feb. 26. Traffic to Russian social networks and instant messengers has almost doubled since the beginning of the year Cyber-enabled disinformation can have a measurable objective and effect. One method is for hackers to insert false reports in genuine media outlets. For example, in May 2017, a malicious actor suspected to be from Russia compromised the website of a Qatari state media outlet to attribute to the emir of Qatar remarks praising Iran. This triggered a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors.