Information means control. If Macron will make our lives completely transparent to AI, we will end up controlled like people of China. Complete dictatorship. Do we want this?
"PARIS -- Telegram founder and Chief Executive Pavel Durov denied that the messaging app refused to cooperate with European authorities to counter illegal content, and said it removes millions of posts every day -- his first public comments since French authorities arrested and charged him with complicity in spreading illicit content on the platform.
In a post on the app, Durov acknowledged that Telegram's increase in users -- now about 950 million -- has made it easier for criminals to abuse the platform. "But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue. We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day," he wrote.
In another post Friday, Durov said a fraction of Telegram users "involved in illicit activities create a bad image for the entire platform," and put other users at risk. He said that is why the company is "committed to turn moderation on Telegram from an area of criticism into one of praise."
The 39-year-old was charged this past week with several crimes, including complicity in the diffusion of child pornography, drug trafficking and the sale of unauthorized hacking software. French judges forbade him from leaving France; required him to post a 5 million euro bail, about $5.6 million; and ordered him to check in at a police station twice a week.
French prosecutors also charged him with refusing to cooperate with authorities, citing "an almost complete absence of response from Telegram to judicial demands."
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first comments on the Durov case, said the French charges appeared to be "selective in nature."
In his post, Durov said he frequently met with French officials at the embassy in Dubai, where Telegram is based, and set up a hotline at the company to address terrorism threats in France. He said authorities might be confused about where to send requests for cooperation and that the app should make that clearer. He suggested googling "Telegram EU address for law enforcement."
The 27-nation bloc has passed new laws, among the strictest in the world, that potentially hold online platforms responsible for illicit content and require them to have procedures in place to counter it.
"Sometimes we can't agree with a country's regulator on the right balance between privacy and security. In those cases, we are ready to leave that country," Durov wrote. "We've done it many times."" [1]
1. World News: Telegram CEO Durov Rebuts French Charges. Dalton, Matthew. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 07 Sep 2024: A.9.
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