Posted on 08/26/2024 5:21:02 PM PDT by RandFan
Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about his fate.
The headline in a Russian newspaper summed up the story: “The arrest (or detention) of ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Pavel Durov, is one of the most important, but mysterious global news stories,” declared Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
True.
Except that "mysterious" is a bit of an understatement.
Why did French police detain him? What charges will he face? Has it anything at all to do with his recent visit to Azerbaijan, where he met (or didn’t meet) Russian President Vladimir Putin?
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“All these accusations against Durov sound absurd,” one political analyst in the studio declared. “Accusing him of all the crimes that are committed on his platform is like accusing [France's] President Macron of all the crimes that happen in France. It’s the same logic.”
Russian newspapers, too, went big on the story. Several dailies expressed concern that Pavel Durov’s arrest could have serious consequences for Russia.
“This blow to Telegram threatens to be a blow to Russia,” wrote Nezavisimaya Gazeta. “With Pavel Durov’s arrest, Western intelligence services could obtain the messenger’s encryption keys.”
“Telegram might become a tool of Nato, if Pavel Durov is forced to obey the French intelligence services,” declared Moskovsky Komsomolets, adding: “Telegram chats contain a huge amount of vitally important, strategic information.”
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I said the exact same thing about macron here on FR earlier today.
But as we all know, hypocrisy defines leftism.
The script has flipped since the end of the Cold War.
Does using it mean posting on it or merely reading it
Some people might want to delete any ‘chats’ they may have had
I wonder if the internet sleuths can find anything macron or French officials have ever posted on Telegram that can be used against them.
I just read it.
The meritless Garland May believe that just having an account constitutes domestic terrorism.
I just read it.
I don’t use it but I read what a few well known people post
It is my understanding the the Russian military uses telegram extensively for battlefield communication. Thats pathetic. Oh well if it gets shut down maybe that will hasten then end of the war.
“Don’t forget to WIPE your Telegram app”
Don’t expect anything you post on the Internet in any manner or by any means to be a secret from the US government or EU.
Big Brother has Google and Facebook size eyes, T-Mobile and Verizon size ears, and more.
“It is my understanding the the Russian military uses telegram extensively for battlefield communication”
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Champions of free speech are true heroes. They risk all to expose the corruption of the world. Another hero is Tucker.
Did Russia arrest him?
In some respects, it’s a message to all of us.
If they can do it to someone like him, they will do it to anyone.
It’s pure intimidation tactics, showing us that no one is safe from their reach.
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Apparently, the Frogs and EU thugs did.
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