“In a Telegram post, [senior Rusian lawmaker lawmaker Anton] Gorelkin argued the incident showed that WhatsApp’s owners “not only turn a blind eye” to illegal activity on the platform but “actively participate” in it.“
I’m going to state the very obvious red flag here: Get THE HELL OFF TELEGRAM.
And a pro tip which might or might not work (maybe don’t leave any digital trail when your live is on the line).
- Use Signal
- enable the censorship circumvention under Signal > Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Censorship circumvention
- Make sure you set messages to auto-delete, and share very sensitive info in media you then destroy and share in the “view-once” mode.