CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested in France, say French media
CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested in France, say French media
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CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested in France, say French media
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Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED Factual Reporting: HIGH Country: USA Press Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE Media Type: Radio Station Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
AllSides Bias Rating: Center.
Bias: Middle
Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting
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Yeah… quoting these bullshit media ratings sites isn’t bolstering your case.
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The furry community is in absolute shambles
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Why tho? What makes Telegram even remotely attractive? It has less security for groups than other messengers that have even more features, and the PMs are also unencrypted by default. Telegram itself is just a stupid concept. In my mind, only the right/conservative furries are on Telegram, as that and criminals are Telegrams only clients.
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This is actually an insane take
Furries at large don't care about the e2ee or security features
They care that:
- their friends are the platform
- custom stickers of their fursonas are easy to make and import
That's basically it. Telegram has become entirely ubiquitous in the fandom. No one group/ideology claims it as their own.
Sincerely,
a progressive leftist furry who uses TG
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you got consumed by the brainrot
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They will always have Bluesky to fall back on
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And Lemmy!!
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Mods are asleep, post... as before.
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Yeah they would say that
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"and the republics of the former Soviet Union"
Wow, what a propaganda site considering the Soviet Union hasn't existed since 91.
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Just to put the whole quotation:
Telegram, particularly influential in Russia, Ukraine and the republics of the former Soviet Union, is ranked as one of the major social media platforms after Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok and WeChat. It aims to hit 1 billion users in the next year.
In my opinion they said it in this way instead of listing every country that this app is common in.
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I feel it was to reinforce that the USSR exists for Americans that still believe it. They don't care about the word "former", they just want a reason to hate what they perceive as communism despite them not being communist.
It's pure propaganda.
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welcome to the free world
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The article mention that he is detained as part of a investigation:
Now we are detaining CEOs for potential criminal activity on their platforms, I expect to see many other CEOs behind bars before the end of the weekend
I don't like that at all.
Hate on billionaires all you want, but a platform like this shouldn't be forced to moderate. It runs completely counter to the USP of the app. It's encrypted anonymous communication capabilities.
I see, perhaps I’m just unfamiliar with the criminal justice system in France
In the United States, this would not be considered an arrest, but an investigative detention (a minor but important distinction)
Telegram never or rarely cooperates with authorities in investigations into terrorism, child abuse, drug trafficking, weapons marketplaces, etc. This is probably the main reason they arrested the guy.
Probably because they can't? It's encrypted, yeah?
Signal posts their subpoenas and responses that are usually like, 'you fucking dolt, it's encrypted, we don't have access'
They view him as complicit in every single crime that has ever been linked to telegram