cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/67010658
Somewhat buried source that Newsweek is using: https://istories.media/en/stories/2025/06/10/telegram-fsb/
Telegram messenger's ties to Russia's FSB revealed in new report
https://www.newsweek.com/telegram-messenger-russia-fsb-ties-report-2083491
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 1y
Potential conflicts of interest, no "smoking gun" as headline implies... Yet again.
Do I trust Telegram? No.
But there's less evidence of wrongdoing at the moment by orders of magnitude than WhatsApp, etc.
I do appreciate the conversation, but holy hell the same connect-the-dots is never made about WhatsApp. Makes me wonder who's pushing these stories.
Good journalism would cover the issues with all the mainstream comm systems.