Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
www.bbc.com
The billionaire was detained in Paris and is being investigated in relation to a lack of moderation on the messaging app.
  • Pedo hunter @lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    510·
    3 months ago

    The year is 1994 and Vint Cerf and Rob Kahn have just been arrestedTheir invention (TCP/IP) is being used for drug dealers to communicate with each other and they were unwilling to install a back door

    The equivalent version of this just happened with Telegram

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      Nah it’s the equivalent of an ISP refusing to follow a surveillance court order.

      You can engineer things such that doing that is impossible, and it’s perfectly legal to do so. It’s also not what telegram is doing.