Rakuten CEO touts Viber's ability to counter Russian 'fake news' during Kyiv visit

A person that had not experienced critical thinking,is the last to counter Russian propaganda, Russian know they have million of ignorant people that do not think critically

Even though most people know, Russian was wrong,the current fail policies by the US is not working,the Russian are bombing Ukraine back to the stone age,when insecure leaders of Ukraine will not hold election,Putin is holding election in Ukraine,why is Zelensky insecure to hold his own election in Ukraine

Even though most people know, Russian was wrong,the current fail policies by the US is not working,the Russian are bombing Ukraine back to the Stone Age

Wow, will Mr Rakuten ban your misinformation? Back to the stone age? Clearly you have no idea what you’re talking about and should be labeled as misinformation

What a joke. ALL sides are telling a few porkies.

What good is it to US, the public, even if all Russian lies are somehow found and blocked? Well, that means that everything Viber reports FROM RUSSIA will be the truth, so we would be able to just ignore the Ukraine and American, etc. side and finally have a source of true information.

Well that's never gonna happen since war profits sort of depend on the public being misinformed. They don't want us having the truth cause we would revolt if everyone knew and accepted the truth.

And anyone who thinks there is good profit in keeping the public informed with the truth has not the slightest clue what is going on. Its the war profiteers with the most actual cash to pay, and so very many other companies profit directly from them. US? Even when we pay for actual paper newspapers we don't even cover expenses! Most of us pay NOTHING on the net and we get our money's worth! The value of your clicks comes from corporations, NOT YOU!

Misinformation about 100 of thousands of dead Russian,that kill rate of about 200 hundreds a day,I read Ukraine propaganda,it no different from Russia,that the only propaganda they know since they learned it while being Russian citizen,the real press to Ukraine is like holy water to a vampire Flop Flop Fizz Fizz

Who still uses Viber?

factcheckerToday 07:08 pm JST

Who still uses Viber?

It says in the article:

Viber, which launched in 2010 and was acquired by Rakuten in 2014, has a 98% market penetration rate in Ukraine. It is also popular in Russia.

YrralToday 05:30 pm JST

why is Zelensky insecure to hold his own election in Ukraine

He's probably not holding elections as his country is currently being invaded by Russian barbarians. There are far more pressing matters for Ukraine to deal with.

Any Russian "elections" in Ukraine are a sham: a meaningless charade in illegally occupied territory.

Verdicto is latin for seeking the truth

No it isn't, even if you wrote it correctly.

Viber was founded by ex-chief information officers of the Israeli Defence Forces. Make of that, what you will.

You have insecure people having their feelings hurt, even when the truth is the answer too their problem

Misinformation about 100 of thousands of dead Russian

The number is for casualties which represent killed,wounded or missing in action.

Even the Pentagon do not know,how many Russian are dead, Ukraine regular report upward to 500 dead Russian and their source say their are about 500000 Russian soldier in Ukraine by Ukraine source

And anyone who thinks there is good profit in keeping the public informed with the truth has not the slightest clue what is going on. Its the war profiteers with the most actual cash to pay, and so very many other companies profit directly from them.

I guess if one was to have such a jaded view of the west, one could believe this. Unlike Russia though, alternative opinions are allowed and can be easily found.

A famous saying: there are 3 sides to every story. yours, mine and the truth.

The first casualty of war is the truth

Do you live in Russia,and how would you know these things

So you deny that news outlets in Russia have been shut down and journalists have been arrested? is this fake news? in your opinion.

why is Zelensky insecure to hold his own election in Ukraine

The country is fighting an existential war. A large part of the population has evacuated out of the country, another large part is internally displaced, another large part is busy trying to kill conscripts who are being forced against their will to attack their neighbors and not get killed in the process.

If Zelensky has the organisational power in that situation to hold free and fair elections, he should be using it to drive the conscripts who are being forced against their will to attack their neighbors from his country.

...which is in fact what he is doing.

There will be time for free and fair elections when Ukraine - all of Ukraine - is once more free.

In an Alternative Universe far from any truth

Very very few Japanese people use viber even though it’s owned by Rakuten ( Japanese company ). I think they are just comfortable with Line App.

KukuToday 01:39 am JST

The 58-year old was speaking after meeting senior Ukrainian officials earlier in the day as part of a group of Japanese business leaders accompanying Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on a visit to Ukraine's capital.

The mayor of Mariupol, Vitaly Boyko, left the city in the spring of 2022. Fled! He abandoned the residents, making them a human shield for the Nazis of Azov.

It's every leader's judgement how best to support their people. Not every leader has to "go down with the ship", particularly civilian ones.

This scum convinced the residents that the Russians do not provide corridors.

It didn't take months for the Red Cross to get in to Mariupol because the terrorists had corridors. In fact only on surrender was the Red Cross allowed in. The terrorist corridors were to torture and execution camps.

But there was found a corridor for his ass:) And since then he has been managing the city of Mariupol remotely. The city has long been Russia! And he manages:))))) He gets money from the state budget for Mariupol. They are still giving out money!!! But Russia is restoring the city

Yes, they did a fine job of erecting just enough building fronts so it didn't look like a complete bombed out wasteland as a result of Russia's actions.

Now, of course, he is in Warsaw. And he still “controls” Mariupol getting money from budget (plus western donates, i think). Mariupol is already Russian.

Boy you are really hung up on Mariupol. While the war criminals haven't been removed from the city yet, we'll have to see what happens in time. It could end up being very close to Ukrainian artillery again.

If you watch recent YouTube videos, you can see how the city is being rebuilt. Hospitals, schools, kindergartens, and residential buildings are being built. The famous theater is being restored. The university was restored and accepted students.

Yes some fine facades and no real city. Even war criminal Putin couldn't find enough residents to shake hands with.

Russia does this.

On illegally occupied territory.

But you give money to the fraudster and thief Boyko.

Are you jealous that terrorist Russia isn't getting these dollars?

Open your eyes, come down to reality. These Ukrainian officials from the article will run away from their country today or tomorrow with your money in their pockets :)

Zelenskyy is still there as is his civilian and military leadership.

And yes, I use Viber sometimes, normal

Could have just made this your one on-topic comment.

US military say Ukraine on have week for their counteroffensive Google Milley Ukraine Offensive

Who still uses Viber?

My friends, family and I do. It's easy to navigate and focused on simple and straight communication. It's not bloated like Line, which tries to offer the kitchen sink.

YrralToday 05:33 am JST

US military say Ukraine on have week for their counteroffensive Google Milley Ukraine Offensive

Do you mean "have one week?" If so, Milley said nothing of the sort. He said they probably had a month before the cold weather hinders Ukraine's counter-offensive:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66763868

Even then, the counter-offensive won't stop: it will just continue in a different/slower way, then pick up again when the weather improves:

Asked about the weather's impact, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Lt Gen Kyrylo Budanov, said on Saturday that "the fighting will continue one way or another".

He acknowledged it was harder to fight in cold, wet weather, but said it was a question of adjustment, not calling a halt.

> Oh!!! Kirill Budanov! the senior terrorist of Ukraine. Under his leadership, many terrorist acts were committed against civilians. 

He promised to enter the Crimea by the end of spring this year. To believe him means not to have self-respect.

It's not difficult to deceive me - I'm glad to be deceived myself :) Russian classic. To the point Budanov is Russian