What do you think about the arrest of the CEO of Telegram?
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In case you missed it:
French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport over allegations that his messaging app facilitates criminality including money laundering and drug trafficking.
How do you perceive this event?
Do you think it is another "Ross William Ulbrich β Silk Road" case?
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Petar KomordΕΎiΔ@petar_k
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So just arrest CEO that has nothing to do with those things instead of actual criminals? Seems about right π
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I'm thinking it's 2 outcome:
- TG gets shutdown. A whole in the market is formed. Two more will rise to fill the gap like a hydra
- TG doesn't get shutdown. Nothing changes except another innocent person in jail.
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Telegram's issue revolves around potential misuse of its platforms by others and not by him. Anyhow this case will set the precedent for how tech companies are held accountable for how tech companies are held accountable for such maters.
He's sobad!
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@anbangx Long story short: he was blamed for the fact that the content there was not sufficiently regulated/moderated. Some scams, child po--ography, dr-g sales, etc... and they needed someone who would be in charge of that. I am not so sure what happens next but at least the reputation is damaged now.
The Fittest
That's actually insane :/
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@rayyan_maqsood TBH, do not use it so much, do you?
@busmark_w_nika I think it is the best chatting + calling + newsreading + channels following app with lots of possibilities, much more convenient than alternatives and looks a lot more modern than other, which haven't changed much in last 10+ years. It also doesn't keep all media in your phone, which is great for me. But for authorities, all this modern great technological stuff is a threat, data leakage or else.
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@busmark_w_nika What defines safe messenger for you?
Not a good sign for free speech IMO
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@nathancovey I have seen many posts on Twitter about the topic, pretty curious what will happen. Whether Telegram shut down or will be there but with more moderate content + CEO (what is going to happen w him)
That's from some of the most bizarre news that I've heard.
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Curious to see how this unfolds.
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@priyankamandal are you an active user of that platform? Because tbh, I used it maybe twice in my life :D
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Telegram looked shady from the very beginning. Some uncertain connections with the Russian government, drugs selling bots and so on. But to be honest it is one of the best messaging apps for me, so it would be sad if they shut it down π
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Everytime you talk about decentralize this happens. There will always be criminals in all types of environments so this is no news. People find a way to do bad things
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@alexdigitalmkt in some cases it is better to be anonymous rather than famous for creating such apps.
Uhh, arresting a CEO who had no direct involvement? π€ Seems pretty messed up. How about going after the actual bad actors behind the illegal content? Just a thought... π
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@owenmichaeldonovan Well, there are many grey spaces behind his person so I am curious about what investigation reveals.