Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France

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Summary

Telegram says its CEO and founder Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” after he was arrested by French authorities outside of Paris. French officials confirmed to multiple outlets that DuroV was arrested as part of a police investigation into criminal activity taking place on the social network.

Telegram’s largely hands-off approach to moderation means that the app is seen as a private, censorship-free alternative to other social networks.

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blackbeardsship

This has to be an attempt to force cooperation

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Since when do governments do things just to protect the people?

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blackbeardsship

All the time! It's an extremely false narrative that governments don't do anything for people

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I was being facetious, I know the government doesn't do all bad but sometimes it takes blood to get them to do what's needed

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I like to believe they do sometimes

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There's no two ways about it

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I really want to see this play out. I think there are some shady dealings here that us regulars are not privy to

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Or someone is just a terrible person that had been masquerading as a good one

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I hate that it'll take a long while before we find out which it is

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Probably better that way honestly. That usually means things don't just get buried.

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Based on what's coming out, this seems to be the case.

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Not surprised at this given the same level of privacy issues that TikTok has

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What a downfall in public opinion this app has had

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I think Musk has had the bigger downfall and just took Twitter along with him