From one piece Durov’s Arrest Details Released, Leaving More Questions Than Answers 4 beliefs, in the piece's order there
From one piece Arrest Of Telegram’s Pavel Durov Raises Questions, But The Answers May Not Be Known For A While 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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I know from the report that Stanford put out earlier this year that Telegram does not report CSAM to NCMEC at all. That is very stupid. I would imagine Telegram would argue that as a non-US company it doesn’t have to abide by such laws.
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The list of “complicity” in various bad things worries me because every platform has some element of that kind of content going on, in part because it’s impossible to stop entirely.
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Most of what Durov is charged with is conduct almost any large platform could be accused of.Their words
A lot of the things listed in the charge sheet are things that lots of websites and communications providers could be said to have done themselves, though perhaps to a different degree.
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But, here, it’s hard not to see that as totally pretextual: an excuse to arrest Durov over other stuff they don’t like him doing.
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Without the details, though, it’s really difficult to know if this is an attack on free speech, or legitimate charges over actual criminal behavior.
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On top of that, leaping to criminal charges against an exec over civil penalties for a company… seems strange.
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Hosting other people's criminal behaviour should not by itself expose a platform's executive to criminal charges.Their words
But, hosting bad behavior alone shouldn’t lead to criminal charges. Even ignoring law enforcement demands seems like it should lead to civil penalties before reaching criminal charges.