22 Apr, 2024 17:42
Telegram a ‘huge’ problem for Ukraine – intel chief
Users of the social media platform must be forced to register, according to Kirill Budanov
(KEK, the Top Spy Chief of GUR, equal to CIA leader, saysthey want to protect free speech, by revealing everyone’s identity on Telegram)
Telegram poses a “huge problem” for Ukraine andmust be legally forced to do away with anonymous channels, Kiev’s top spy Kirill Budanov said in an interview with the BBC published on Monday.
The intelligence chief argued that the platform, which was ranked the most popular messaging app in Ukraine in 2023 according to SimilarWeb, has now effectively acquired that status of media andinsisted that it is “abnormal” that the owners of channels are allowed to conceal their identities.
“We should streamline it all –put things in order, at least legally force everyone to register so that it isclear who belongs to which media,” Budanov said, suggesting that people should bear responsibility for the opinionsthey express. (OK obvious, they haven't been able to penetrate Telegram, their SOP has been able to find out details, address, family etc. destroy their lives and reputations, and attack anyone that criticizes the Kiev regime. Now they are totally frustrated even though they use the top cracking software and engineers, they've not been able to do it.)
Asked if simply blocking certain Telegram channels would fix the problem, Budanov claimed that such a move would only be a temporary solution, and insisted that only forcing channel owners to register would prove effective.
At the same time, the spy chief emphasized that his proposal would not be tantamount to placing pressure on the media,arguing that such a thing is not allowed in a “democratic society.” (That is exactly why the Democrats, Leftists pushed democracy, not freedom, they are not the same. Ukraine has no right to call themselves a democratic society, it's been and is a Mafia dictatorship, the stupid EU let them rename themselves)
Last month, Budanov also described Telegram as a national security threat to Ukraine.He insisted that he was against suppressing freedom of speech, (sure right, like the Free Speech of the Russian Orthodox Church, or the citizens in Donetsk and Lugansk that you killed and tortured for 12+ years, etc. etc. etc.) but argued that the ability of any user to create a channel on theplatform and “write whatever they want” had nothing to do with “freedom of the media.” (Hey you just said you didn't want to limit freedom of speech, why would you need to know who is writing things on telegram)
In response to Budanov’s statements in March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that Telegram creator and owner Pavel Durov should “urgently take measures to strengthen the securityof the company’s headquarters and its employees in connection with a possible attack by Islamic State (formerly ISIS) terrorists.” She was apparently referring to Moscow’s accusation that Kiev worked together with the extremist Islamist organization to organize last month’s attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow, which cost the lives of over 140 people.
Meanwhile, Durov has insisted that he remains committed to defending the privacy of Telegram users. In an interview with Tucker Carlson last week, he reiterated thatTelegram strives to allow everyone on the platform to freely express their opinions without censorship.
(Durov did say he has taken down some very illegal channels at the request of the countries. I wonder if Durov will shut down Telegram in Ukraine or strengthen his security 100x more, because it’s already obvious CIA, GUR or SZRU are trying to hack him, along with WW intelligence Agencies. According to the interview with Tucker they have and pay the top Engineers from the World.)
https://www.rt.com/russia/596415-telegram-ukraine-problem-budanov/