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Telegram has no end to end encryption by default.

Yeah, I’m siding with the French government on this one at first blush. E2EE platforms are a necessary tool for combating government overreach and corporate surveillance. But if you willingly make a platform that’s not E2EE, the idea of users being able to share this vile shit being a “necessary evil” toward the greater societal good completely falls apart. If you 1) have this vile content on your platform, 2) know it exists, 3) can trivially combat it in a targeted manner, and 4) choose not to, then you’re complicit in its distribution.

I have no sympathy for a CEO who tries to dupe their userbase into believing their app is private and then not even take advantage of the one single ethical benefit to the platform not being E2EE.

Not to whatabout it but under this logic we got other "CEO"s who should see a similar treatment.

Will they?

Would love to see France arrest Elon.

bootlicker much? would you also be excited if Russia arrests Proton CEO for dubious reasons or is your reasoning based on ideology and tribalism?

Musk literally encouraged right-wing violence in the UK and is currently involved in a cyberbullying lawsuit in France alongside J.K. Rowling. The idea of someone like Musk, with immense wealth, facing repercussions for screaming lies into his platform is funny AF. But that probably won’t happen since it’s a civil suit.

Proton is VPN and should remain a neutral portal that provides privacy through encryption without tracking or knowing the content being transmitted. Arresting Proton’s CEO under dubious claims would be concerning since VPNs are designed to protect user privacy, not to monitor activities.

Telegram, however, isn’t end-to-end encrypted by default and has hosted harmful content. If a platform is aware of illegal content, has the means to address it, and chooses not to, it becomes complicit in that distribution. Telegram’s lack of action makes its management culpable especially since they refused to cooperate with the government and laws of that country.

Personally, I feel any individual amassing billions while using their wealth to break the society in ways they deem fit is morally unacceptable. If I had my way, the extremely wealthy would be taxed to the point they’d wish for jail time. Wealth shouldn’t protect anyone from accountability or contribute to inequality. Elon is a scab, a grifter, and a beneficiary of apartheid.

Dr. Shawn

@NegativeInf @scorp if your logic holds then why haven’t landline providers, Gmail, AOL, and ther companies come under the same scrutiny? The fact is all technology can and will be used outside of intended design.

Because they cooperate with authorities? Your phone line info, your email, your Facebook? It’s all a subpoena or search warrant away.

Part of this arrest was due to management not cooperating with the government in the government trying to police dangerous content.