What's behind the arrest in France of Telegram's CEO? | Inside Story (youtube.com)
Is Durev being scapegoated by the West? while Zuckerberg and Musk are free?
Musk posted in opposition to the arrest of Durov, referencing ‘freedom’ which may or may not be a value in Europe.
Is the use of platforms to host or communicate crimes, which you might imagine is ‘all platforms’, limited to only Telegram? or is it because Durov strongly upholds free speech and the right to privacy for people? Telegram doesn't interfere with what people do or say. He doesn't allow anyone access to the servers, and has opposed state services who've gone after them.
Is he just an easier target? What would happen if France did this to Zuckerberg as he stepped off a private plane in France?
The journalist in this interview says that when he talks to people in Russia, where WhatsApp is the biggest app, if they want to talk about business or a news story, they switch to Telegram. There's a trust that it can't be spied on whereas the other apps can be.
X under Musk has handed over data requested by ‘pretty much every government’ the expert here said.