I doubt it was made up. Maybe exaggerated or it was even an issue because he didn’t comply but that was it. Telegram was absolutely used over other messenger apps for crime related stuff
People use the internet and encryption, etc. to distribute CP. Doesn’t (shouldn’t) make creators of tools and services liable for the bad actions of end users.
My meaning of “made up” was not the definition like “totally imaginary. Fake.” It was “unfair, unjust, overreaching.” Maybe I should’ve used those words instead. Imprecise wording on my part.
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend over allegations that his platform is being used for illicit activity including drug trafficking and the distribution of child sexual abuse images.
Law enforcement agencies should be arresting the people doing those things (well, drugs… I don’t give a shit for the most part), not the guy who created the platform. It’s all a further expansion of a worldwide war on anonymity and encryption online. They always attack it under the guise of “protecting kids” and whatever else making it nearly impossible to argue that yes, distributing CP is bad… no shit. But these platforms are incredibly important for a million reasons. If the FBI wants to catch child abusers I’d advise them to go to any police department in America and they’ll find a nest of child and women abusers.
I’d also propose, without evidence, him being Russian and Europe’s current frothing Russophobia played a part in his arrest. But that’s obviously speculation.
I doubt it was made up. Maybe exaggerated or it was even an issue because he didn’t comply but that was it. Telegram was absolutely used over other messenger apps for crime related stuff
Sure
And that isn’t (shouldn’t) be on him
People use the internet and encryption, etc. to distribute CP. Doesn’t (shouldn’t) make creators of tools and services liable for the bad actions of end users.
My meaning of “made up” was not the definition like “totally imaginary. Fake.” It was “unfair, unjust, overreaching.” Maybe I should’ve used those words instead. Imprecise wording on my part.
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Law enforcement agencies should be arresting the people doing those things (well, drugs… I don’t give a shit for the most part), not the guy who created the platform. It’s all a further expansion of a worldwide war on anonymity and encryption online. They always attack it under the guise of “protecting kids” and whatever else making it nearly impossible to argue that yes, distributing CP is bad… no shit. But these platforms are incredibly important for a million reasons. If the FBI wants to catch child abusers I’d advise them to go to any police department in America and they’ll find a nest of child and women abusers.
I’d also propose, without evidence, him being Russian and Europe’s current frothing Russophobia played a part in his arrest. But that’s obviously speculation.