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minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoWhere I am, the news said: “Telegram is a social network” (it isn’t) “that allows terrorism from Russia and Iran” (it’s used by Russian and Iranian oppositors) “drug trafficking” (because it’s encrypted, I guess) “fraud” (scams are also part of email and the web) “money laundering” (…what?) “piracy” (sigh…) “and distribution of child pornography.” (so does email) “It doesn’t honor removal requests from the film/music industry organizations” (that’s piracy twice) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse Terrorists, pedophiles/child molesters, organized crime like drug dealers, intellectual property pirates, and money launderers are cited commonly Do we have a BINGO?
Where I am, the news said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse
Do we have a BINGO?
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