Roskachestvo: under the guise of advertising, Telegram promotes “info-gypsy” As Roskachestvo warned, such ads can be dangerous: often under the guise of native ads, a popular messenger promotes “info-gypsy”.
The department called the main problem of the advertising messages that appeared is that by their appearance it is almost impossible to distinguish them from ordinary posts. Because of this, users may think that the advertisement was placed by the administration of a channel they trust and follow the link.
“However, in fact, channel administrators do not even see the ads that are broadcast to users, and even more so in no way cannot control their placement, ”the statement on the website of Roskachestvo said. Specialists of the department note that administrators of large platforms have to warn their subscribers that they have nothing to do with the promoted products.
“We urge users to be careful about advertisements in Telegram. At the current stage, there is still no clear pre-moderation of advertisers, it is better not to click on such ads at all, “said Sergei Bodrov, head of the Roskachestvo Center for Digital Expertise.
The department also did not rule out that the Telegram advertising service could be used scammers. They say that users of various channels are now “forced to look at advertising of cryptocurrencies, investments in trading and“ info-gypsy ”.”
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