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> Then add to that the resistance of Telegram towards any kind of moderation, especially from Western governments... and suddenly a bunch of conspiracy theorists, vaccine deniers and outright Nazis had the perfect platform. No moderation from the platform side, no content requirements other than "please don't spread CSAM", and effective management tools for group admins to yeet off counterspeech attempts. These days, you have QAnon groups numbering six-digit subscribers [1], and the same for German copycats [2].

How is that any different to WhatsApp? WhatsApp is used by neo-nazi groups[0], used to organise literal genocide[1] and is the main source of covid/vaccine conspiracy nonsense around the world (except for the U.S.)

[0] https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-suspends-29-cops-over-...

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/whatsapp-de...




The thing is, the scale of Whatsapp is completely different. WA can have 256 members in a group or broadcast, Telegram 200.000 - three orders of magnitude more.




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