The organization believes that the telethon is detrimental to Ukraine’s information security and the diversity of Ukrainian media. They noted that since the February 2022, the United News format, in which six major Ukrainian TV channels participate, has remained largely unchanged, with news broadcasts becoming increasingly outdated and non-informative. The EFJ suggested that the fact that several major Ukrainian TV channels broadcast joint news programming 24 hours a day “seriously degrades the quality of information.” This has led Ukrainians to turn to anonymous Telegram channels for “real” n…