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  • What do you think about the arrest of the CEO of Telegram?

    In case you missed it: French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport over allegations that his messaging app facilitates criminality including money laundering and drug trafficking. How do you perceive this event? Do you think it is another "Ross William Ulbrich – Silk Road" case?

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    Marina K
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    I think it is like to arrest CEOs of generated images/video companies for misuse of their products. Sad. I hope it changes soon. It should be collective work and fixing problems, not looking whom to blame.
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    Alexandre Contador
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    Everytime you talk about decentralize this happens. There will always be criminals in all types of environments so this is no news. People find a way to do bad things
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    Raymond Yeh
    I'm thinking it's 2 outcome: - TG gets shutdown. A whole in the market is formed. Two more will rise to fill the gap like a hydra - TG doesn't get shutdown. Nothing changes except another innocent person in jail.
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    Alexander Galitsky
    Great PR move.
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    PRIYANKA MANDAL
    Curious to see how this unfolds.
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    Rayyan Maqsood
    That's actually insane :/
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    Marina K
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    @busmark_w_nika I think it is the best chatting + calling + newsreading + channels following app with lots of possibilities, much more convenient than alternatives and looks a lot more modern than other, which haven't changed much in last 10+ years. It also doesn't keep all media in your phone, which is great for me. But for authorities, all this modern great technological stuff is a threat, data leakage or else.
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    Marina K
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    @busmark_w_nika What defines safe messenger for you?
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    Nathan Covey
    Not a good sign for free speech IMO
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    Domas Sakavickas
    Telegram looked shady from the very beginning. Some uncertain connections with the Russian government, drugs selling bots and so on. But to be honest it is one of the best messaging apps for me, so it would be sad if they shut it down πŸ˜…
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    Owen Michael Donovan
    Uhh, arresting a CEO who had no direct involvement? πŸ€” Seems pretty messed up. How about going after the actual bad actors behind the illegal content? Just a thought... πŸ™„
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    Yatheen Brahma
    Telegram's issue revolves around potential misuse of its platforms by others and not by him. Anyhow this case will set the precedent for how tech companies are held accountable for how tech companies are held accountable for such maters.
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    Matt Cloud
    He's sobad!
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    Marcus
    That's from some of the most bizarre news that I've heard.
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    Petar Komordžić
    So just arrest CEO that has nothing to do with those things instead of actual criminals? Seems about right πŸ˜…
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