Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, shared a bold statement emphasizing Telegram’s commitment to freedom of speech. While Durov didn’t explicitly name anyone, his remarks appear to reference recent announcements by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about reducing censorship on Meta platforms.
Zuckerberg had attributed this policy shift to recent political changes, including Trump's election win, calling it a "tipping point" for free speech.
In his statement, Durov highlighted Telegram’s long-standing support for freedom of speech, independent of political climates, and criticized rival platforms, saying, "The real test of their values will come when political winds change again. It’s easy to support something when you risk nothing."
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, shared a bold statement emphasizing Telegram’s commitment to freedom of speech. While Durov didn’t explicitly name anyone, his remarks appear to reference recent announcements by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about reducing censorship on Meta platforms.
Zuckerberg had attributed this policy shift to recent political changes, including Trump's election win, calling it a "tipping point" for free speech.
In his statement, Durov highlighted Telegram’s long-standing support for freedom of speech, independent of political climates, and criticized rival platforms, saying, "The real test of their values will come when political winds change again. It’s easy to support something when you risk nothing."
Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback. "This time we received the coordinates of enemy vehicles marked 'V' in Kyiv region," it added. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market. In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
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