BREAKING: Pavel Durov, the founding father of Telegram, arrested in France and dealing with 20 years in jail for refusing to censor his platform. The costs embrace terrorism, cash laundering, and extra—seems like they’re concentrating on anybody who defends free speech. pic.twitter.com/vK4u6ae1Gk
— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) August 24, 2024
Russia despatched a be aware demanding entry to Durov
The Russian Embassy in France has requested the authorities to make clear the explanations for the detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov.
Russia has despatched a be aware to France demanding consular entry to Pavel Durov, who was detained in Paris,… pic.twitter.com/mx1OcDaMl0
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 25, 2024
Durov was arrested as a result of his platform could be utilized by drug sellers and terrorists.
In the meantime, the US authorities is funding the one largest Genocide in residing historical past, and a proxy conflict in Ukraime that threatens to start out WW3 in Europe
However nobody is arrested in Washington? pic.twitter.com/x6n7QHAeYX
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 25, 2024
Democracy will on no account tolerate freedom of speech. It’s completely towards the regulation in Western nations to permit any type of freedom of speech, even for those who don’t learn about it.
The arrest of the Telegram CEO comes after the British stated they needed the US to extradite Elon Musk for permitting an excessive amount of freedom of speech on Twitter.
These are the identical individuals who say they should go to conflict with a lot or a lot of the world with the intention to pressure “freedom” on them. After all, after they discuss forcing freedom on folks, they aren’t speaking about freedom of speech or freedom of conscience or any of the traditional kinds of freedom. They’re speaking completely about homosexual anal.
Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and proprietor of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport exterior Paris shortly after touchdown on a non-public jet late on Saturday and positioned in custody, three sources advised Reuters.The arrest of the 39-year-old expertise billionaire prompted on Sunday a warning from Moscow to Paris that he needs to be accorded his rights and criticism from X proprietor Elon Musk who stated that free speech in Europe was beneath assault.
There was no official affirmation from France of the arrest, however two French police sources and one Russian supply who spoke on situation of anonymity stated that Durov was arrested shortly after arriving at Le Bourget airport on a non-public jet from Azerbaijan.
One of many two French police sources stated that forward of the jet’s arrival, police had noticed he was on the passenger checklist and moved to arrest him as a result of he was the topic of an arrest warrant in France.
“Telegram abides by EU legal guidelines, together with the Digital Companies Act — its moderation is inside trade requirements and always bettering,” Telegram stated in an announcement on the arrest.
“Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov has nothing to cover and travels continuously in Europe,” it stated. “It’s absurd to assert {that a} platform or its proprietor are chargeable for abuse of that platform.”
Durov, who has twin French and United Arab Emirates citizenship, was arrested as a part of a preliminary police investigation into allegedly permitting a variety of crimes as a result of an absence of moderators on Telegram and an absence of cooperation with police, a 3rd French police supply stated.
Russian lawmaker Maria Butina, who spent 15 months in U.S. jail for appearing as an unregistered Russian agent, stated Durov “is a political prisoner – a sufferer of a witch-hunt by the West.” Durov’s arrest led information bulletins in Russia.Telegram, based mostly in Dubai, was based by Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after he refused to adjust to calls for to close down opposition communities on his VK social media platform, which he has offered.
The encrypted software, with near 1 billion customers, is especially influential in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the previous Soviet Union. It’s ranked as one of many main social media platforms after Fb, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and WeChat.
It’s extra in style than Twitter, that’s for positive.
And this Russian man is personally chargeable for what a billion folks say on his app.
Pavel Durov left Russia when the federal government tried to manage his social media firm, Telegram. However in the long run, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for permitting the general public to train free speech. It was a western nation, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member,… https://t.co/F83E9GbNHC
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 24, 2024
It’s not even potential to reasonable an app that dimension.
Telegram already removes terrorist content material, after they can discover it. However this isn’t about terrorist content material. It’s presumably largely about permitting movies of what’s going on in Gaza. They may most likely say it’s about permitting “hate speech,” however he’s had French citizenship and been out and in of France for years.
The West is shifting to ban TikTok as a result of they permit movies from Gaza (the US Congress was clear about that), now France has kidnapped the CEO of Telegram to aim to pressure them to take away content material that Jews don’t like.
Russia and Dubai should not democracies, and so they permit Telegram, permit the CEO to maneuver freely with out molestation. Russia is demanding Durov’s launch. Democracy is essentially the most brutal anti-freedom system that has ever existed in human historical past.
