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highplainsdem

(49,041 posts) Mon Jan 11, 2021, 05:40 PM Jan 2021

Seeing tweets saying the Proud Boys are promoting a "Parler Lifeboat" channel on Telegram

and Don Winslow says it should be taken down immediately (many of the people responding to him on Twitter have no idea he's talking about a Telegram chat channel).

Link to tweet

Tweet with some messages from Parler Lifeboat, in a thread with others:

Link to tweet

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Seeing tweets saying the Proud Boys are promoting a "Parler Lifeboat" channel on Telegram (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2021 OP

So they are corralling themselves now? underpants Jan 2021 #1

Telegram hosts ISIS; they are not going to take it down. n/t demmiblue Jan 2021 #2

Note that Telegram is/has been used by ISIS and other terrorists CousinIT Jan 2021 #3

Telegram is Russian owned. Progressive dog Jan 2021 #4

This whole twitter thread is horrifying Nevilledog Jan 2021 #5

who owns telegram? can we get it shutdown? AllaN01Bear Jan 2021 #6

underpants

(182,904 posts)

1. So they are corralling themselves now?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 05:41 PM

Jan 2021

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

2. Telegram hosts ISIS; they are not going to take it down. n/t

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 05:42 PM

Jan 2021

CousinIT

(9,259 posts)

3. Note that Telegram is/has been used by ISIS and other terrorists

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 05:50 PM

Jan 2021

This is why I call them Vanilla ISIS. They are terrorists.

Progressive dog

(6,920 posts)

4. Telegram is Russian owned.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2021, 05:58 PM

Jan 2021

Not surprising that they'll help out the puppet's friends.

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