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It has been one month since the arrest by French authorities of Pavel Durov, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, on charges of allegedly failing to act against criminals using his platform. He’s still in France after being released on a five-million-euro ($5.6 million) bail and must check in with police twice a week.
He very quickly began cooperating with the French government, it appears, though his lawyer decried it as “absurd” and Telegram supporters and free speech advocates blasted the efforts at state censorship. “It is totally absurd to think that the head of a social network… could be involved in criminal acts that could be committed on the messaging service,” Durov’s lawyer David-Olivier Kaminski had said. The question from the start was: why the highly unusual effort to prosecute a CEO directly instead of bringing legal action against the company as a whole? (the normative route)
The whole spectacle of him being hauled into custody after disembarking from his private jet over the possibility that individuals were using the world’s largest messaging app for criminal activity also seemed designed to ‘send a message’ from Western governments and create a chilling effect. We explored this scenario in “Musk Should Be Nervous” – Deep State Lackey Admits Real Target Following Telegram Founder’s Arrest.
On Monday Durov made a significant announcement which is clearly the result of his ongoing legal ordeal in France. He said Telegram has removed more “problematic content” at this point. He further acknowledged in the new statement that the app’s search feature “has been abused by people who violated our terms of service to sell illegal goods.” […]
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by Just The News
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Black, Hispanic Enrollment Drops at Elite Colleges Post-affirmative Action Ban
by The College Fix
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The EV Graveyard
by Issues & Insights
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Why Are Michelle and Barack Obama So Closely Linked to Rapists and Sex Traffickers?
by Revolver News
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Indiana Judge Rules Prison Must Provide Transgender Surgery for Inmate Who Killed Baby
by End Times Headlines
A federal judge has ruled that it would be unconstitutional for an Indiana prison to deny a transgender inmate sex reassignment surgery following the inmate’s lawsuit against the facility. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Indiana Department of Corrections last year on behalf of a transgender inmate, Jonathan…
The Rainbow Road to Judicial Lawlessness
by WND
(WND)—There’s always been a pot of gold for those willing to abuse power for the rainbow lobby. I am a 30-year conservative Christian veteran of the scorched-earth global LGBT culture war against natural family values and the Bible. I’ve worn many hats in my career, including that of a constitutional…
Trump’s Lawyers Respond to Jack Smith’s Request to File 180-Page ‘Hit Piece’ in January 6 Case
by The Gateway Pundit
President Trump’s lawyers responded to special counsel Jack Smith’s request to file a gigantic 180-page “opening brief” in the January 6 case in DC. Jack Smith knows he can’t get to trial before the election so he is trying to release a “hit piece” on Trump in the January 6…