They did the same thing with Blackberry Messenger and the last set of riots. They made it sound like the rioting was everywhere, but I was in a pub in Manchester and there was maybe a couple of hundred of nobheads outside who kept running past the other way whenever someone saw the plod coming
Also someone set fire to a bin near my house - that was about the high watermark of the downfall of civilisation that time.
Emperor@feddit.uk 4 months ago
“Sweep” might be a stronger term.than I’d use but it’s not unreasonable given the number of riots.
And, for the general reader (which Lemmy users tend not to be) they’d consider Telegram to be fringe compared to the big players in social media, if they’ve heard of it at all.
ianovic69@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Pockets, and with the further threatened riots being closed down by anti racism demonstrators. It’s over egging it for views.
Telegram clearly has much less users in the UK, but I don’t think it’s nearly as unknown generally as the article declares.
My issue with these points is not that they’re inaccurate, but that the article uses them in a sensationalist manner.
It’s poor journalism and it removes credibility.