Pavel Durov attacca l’arresto “fuorviante”: “Se un paese non è soddisfatto di un servizio Internet, la prassi consolidata è quella di avviare un’azione legale contro il servizio stesso”

>Writing on his own Telegram channel, Durov said it was “surprising” to learn he could be held responsible for other people’s illegal activities on the platform.

What a dishonest speech, the real arrest reason is responsible for refusing to provide information about who is doing illegal activities.

People when they have to face the consequences of their own (in)action:

*surprised pikachu face*

He is not wrong. When a big corp gets caught doing something atrocious it’s common practice to slap the legal entity with a small fine usually less than the profit from the malpractice itself.
The only way to deter the bad faith behavior is to go after the executives themselves.

Durov is Russian asset. There is a reason why telegram allows nazi pro war channels, why all Russian officials use telegram, why even Russian military communicates through telegram. Why Russia “failed” to ban telegram for a show, while other countries easily banned it. Why Durov “fled” Russia yet visited it many times later, and didn’t fall out of the window. Why Ukrainian military doesn’t use telegram, and ban of telegram is considered currently in Ukraine.

Sadly, in democracy, the state needs absolute control of media to ensure that no one has incorrect thoughts. It’s the only way to have free and fair elections that always arrive at the predetermined outcome.

what about when the countries realize they’re at war tho