Political Discussion

[RenegadeMonster]

So the French Government is supposed to release a statement today as to why he was detained.

While there is speculation about the lack of moderation, I imagine it has more to do with the platform’s refusal to share with law enforcement regarding criminal activity that is facilitated by the encrypted messaging of the service. It sounds like it is a mix of twitter and WhatsApp except criminal activity has run rampant on it.

We finally got that statement today. No information on any charges if any yet

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Linked to Sweeping Criminal Investigation — WIRED

French authorities detained Durov to question him as part of a probe into a wide range of alleged violations—including money laundering and CSAM—but it remains unclear if he will face charges.

apple.news

 

[Hemotep]

Trump charged in superseding indictment in election interference case following SCOTUS ruling

Special counsel Jack Smith has charged former President Donald Trump in a superseding indictment in his federal election interference case.

abcnews.go.com

 

[RenegadeMonster]

 

[Diaper Baby Escape Plan]

Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris late Saturday evening. The arrest occurred shortly after Durov arrived on a private jet from Azerbaijan and is said to be part of a joint investigation by several agencies investigating alleged failures in content moderation on the Telegram platform that may have facilitated criminal activity.


The CEO of Telegram was arrested over the weekend in France and the reasons as for why could be considered controversial. Essentially Telegram failed to provide adequate content moderation which may have allowed criminals to facilitate criminal activity on the platform.

The controversial part of this is that this implies that censorship is mandatory and CEO's of tech companies could be held criminally liable for what users do on their platform.

I know next top nothing about Telegram and it's CEO. But even if he is a dirtbag like Elon, wouldn't fines or shutting down the App in France be the path they should have taken?

Telegram is widely used by terror groups, paramilitary organizations (Wagner/Russian PMCs), proxy groups (e.g. Huthis, IAMGs/ITN), and cyber APTs.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I mean I’m glad I’m not going with Georgia and Florida but why is NC going to Canada?

 

[Nee Lewman]

Telegram is widely used by terror groups, paramilitary organizations (Wagner/Russian PMCs), proxy groups (e.g. Huthis, IAMGs/ITN), and cyber APTs.

So which one are you with? What is a Cyber APT?

 

[Diaper Baby Escape Plan]

So which one are you with? What is a Cyber APT?

Advanced persistent threat. Sometimes also used synonymous with "intrusion set" (although not actually the same, but often conflated). Fancy ways to say cyber threat groups.

MITRE ATT&CK®

attack.mitre.org

 

[Vinyl&Kicks86]

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Tastes like election fraud and hair dye.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Tastes like election fraud and hair dye.

“It’s so smooth, I even recommend drinking it black.”

 

[mindhead1]

I mean I’m glad I’m not going with Georgia and Florida but why is NC going to Canada?

Can Canada trade Missouri for Colorado?

 

[Nee Lewman]

So Trump’s campaign doesn’t want him to have a live mic during the debate but they’re like, “yeah, go do an interview with Dr. Phil. That’s a great idea.”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

So Trump’s campaign doesn’t want him to have a live mic during the debate but they’re like, “yeah, go do an interview with Dr. Phil. That’s a great idea.”

The Dems got Oprah Trump gets Dr. Phil. This seem right.

 

[LiamGallaghersBucketHat]

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

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Guy in the middle doesn't have a team of assistants, personal trainers, dieticians, chefs, doctors, cosmetic surgeons focused on nothing but building the best possible visual image while they're raking in millions of dollars producing work that doesn't better any recipients station in life.

Most importantly, he can still hug his kids. There's nothing better than that.

 

[ranbalam]

Tastes like election fraud and hair dye.

Wonder how many takes on 'chocolatey' it took before they gave up.

Has this kind of vibe...

 

[Nee Lewman]

Okay, I love the foo fighters approach to this bs. Fine, whatever, any royalties we get from Trump playing the song will go directly to the Harris Campaign. lol

 

[Nee Lewman]

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Charges have now been filed:

French Authorities Charge Telegram Founder Pavel Durov — The Wall Street Journal

The move opens a deeper probe into whether the tech entrepreneur failed to counter the spread of illegal content on the app

apple.news

PARIS—French judicial authorities brought preliminary charges against Telegram founder Pavel Durov for a host of crimes, including complicity in distributing child pornography, illegal drugs and hacking software on the messaging app—a stunning blow for an entrepreneur who became a hero for internet libertarians over the past decade.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Charges have now been filed:

French Authorities Charge Telegram Founder Pavel Durov — The Wall Street Journal

The move opens a deeper probe into whether the tech entrepreneur failed to counter the spread of illegal content on the app

apple.news

PARIS—French judicial authorities brought preliminary charges against Telegram founder Pavel Durov for a host of crimes, including complicity in distributing child pornography, illegal drugs and hacking software on the messaging app—a stunning blow for an entrepreneur who became a hero for internet libertarians over the past decade.

I wonder why they released him and then filed?