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If you still don't understand why Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was disliked by French authorities, it's because he valued freedom, respected user privacy, did not steal personal data, and supported public expression.

(Archive footage 4/19/2024)
We care about freedom! We don't sell your personal data – Pavel Durov at crypto conference in Dubai (ARCHIVE FOOTAGE)
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Scandanan Winnilli
Durov is not responsible for the content uploaded by Telegram users. Taking into account that content specifically concerns Macron's owners. For Macron, the only crime that Durov could have committed is simply to have been born in Russia.
Marina Rayich
Scandanan, absolutely agree with you !!! Macron is mad because Putin is not taking his phone calls any more
Scandanan Winnilli replied to Marina
Techradar January 2022: "Most people have essentially given up on protecting their personal data online, which is exactly what Big Tech wants. They have worked hard to make internet privacy seem endlessly complex. And even companies that claim to respect privacy, such as Apple or Google, in reality offer an ultimatum": "Share your data with only us or lose access to much of the internet".
Marina Rayich replied to Scandanan
Scandanan, world police in US !!!
Scandanan Winnilli
2013: "The email service reportedly used by surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden abruptly shut down on Thursday after its owner cryptically announced his refusal to become "complicit in crimes against the American people."
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Lavabit, an email service that boasted of its security features and claimed 350,000 customers, is no more, apparently after rejecting a court order for cooperation with the US government to participate in surveillance on its customers. It is the first such company known to have shuttered rather than comply with government surveillance.

Silent Circle, another provider of secure online services, announced on later Thursday night that it would scrap its own encrypted email offering, Silent Mail.

The founder of Lavabait, Ladar Levison, wrote on the company's website: "I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit." The news was first reported by Xeni Jardin the popular news site Boing Boing.
Levison said government-imposed restrictions prevented him from explaining what exactly led to his company's crisis point.

I feel you deserve to know what's going on – the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this," Levison wrote. "Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests."
Sue Champion
A second Julian Assange??
Viktor Govorov
Sue, nope. Assange is far bigger figure.
Philippe Centa
Ridiculous RT. Durov is disliked by the West because he does not collaborate with the authorities to track criminal activities such as drug and weapon trafficking, paedophilia ...
Arlene Kahn
Philippe, You just unwittingly admitted something you probably don't want to admit: you're anti-freedom. And when that drug, weapon and human trafficking is proved to be conducted by your precious Ukrainian Nazi dictatorship and the CIA and France moves on them, you'll probably whine that it's all unfair. It's long been known that Ukraine is a human trafficking hub and past CIA directors have admitted the agency engages in the drug trade.
Scandanan Winnilli replied to Arlene
Arlene, Ukrainian Zionist dictator, this dictator receives weapons and money from the Zio lobbies in Washington, London and the UE.
Scandanan Winnilli
Philippe, Durov worked with EUROPOL in 2018 to combat extremists and cybercriminals on social media. In 2021, Macron granted him French citizenship, and in 2024, Macron arrested him. You and Mikael, for some reason, repeat the same argument of the French government regarding this arrest. The Hague is the HQ of EUROPOL, and also of the IJC, ICC who ordered Putin's arrest.
Alexey Kornilov
And why don't the owners of other messengers and channels bear the same responsibility for the content? Double standards again. Only those who are somehow connected with Russia are accused, they turn a blind eye to others. How disgusting it is...
Scandanan Winnilli
For the lobby there are two fronts, one in the Middle East and one against Russia. On both fronts, lobbies have taken control of opinion, and Telegram was the last truly independent without control of governments. If Washington had not taken it, Moscow or China would have done so.
Scandanan Winnilli
December 21, 2023. Meta’s Broken Promises
Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook Meta’s policies and practices have been silencing voices in support of Palestine and Palestinian human rights on Instagram and Facebook. HWR
Scandanan Winnilli
October 12, 2023: France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism. AP.
Andreé Huber
Vincenzo Mannello
I repeat: between the lines of the official statement from the French government, you can understand what the real reason for Durov's arrest is: "he did not collaborate"🤔
With Macron's government, with EUism, with the CIA and the White House, with Western secret services to "stop terrorism". We know very well what "their lordships" mean with this definition: to hit every form of dissent (even verbal), every attempt to organize an opposition to the criminal policies of the USA, Western and Zionist that the use of a social platform can allow. Organized and common crime (the presence of which is probable, given the "guarantees" offered by access) are just an excuse to eliminate Telegram. There must be no space on the net except for those who are at the complete service of Uncle Sam🤫🤫