"He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images For tech stocks, “the main thing is yields,” Essaye said. For example, WhatsApp restricted the number of times a user could forward something, and developed automated systems that detect and flag objectionable content. "And that set off kind of a battle royale for control of the platform that Durov eventually lost," said Nathalie Maréchal of the Washington advocacy group Ranking Digital Rights.
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