Telegram messaging app founder indicted

French prosecutors have indicted Telegram founder Pavel Durov over allegations of the app being used for illegal activities.

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[jaytang]

i receive scam calls/emails everyday. if i get cheated, can i sue my ISP, phone maker, or google, etc?

[jmd]

By that logic, we should indict the owners of Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, What's App, Instagram, TikTok, and countless others. After all, there's illegal activity happing ALL the time on EVERY platform.

[paulw]

Lets hold banks responsible for all of the white collar crime.

[seanknowles]

Scary times, the attack on free speech and private communications is insane.

[geometerfpv]

They hate the idea of private communications. We should fight back against this.

[btrts]

Bottom line: he wouldn’t censor and play the game for governments. 1984 is here. The French government is the one that needs to be indicted.

[willa.]

Hold the ones responsible who are doing the crimes. Not the one who created an app. It's like charging Ford responsible for someone driving drunk. When is enough enough???

[midlight]

Let’s hold the phone companies and the post office responsible for crimes that occur via their “platforms”

[invisible_d_r]

What about Facebook's CEO? It's hypocritical

[aaronmeyers]

Let's hold politicians responsible for insider trading and corruption.

[annan]

Olympic Opening Ceremony is blocked. The platform owner is arrested. What is wrong in France? Controlled by some power?

[iamryzn]

did no one glance at the france law before joining this meeting?!?

[Brantoc]

AT&T should be investigated because Text messages have been used for almost every crime for 30 years.

[jacobsalas]

Why are we letting these people to get away with this?? We need a Revolution.

[albertinsinger]

It is so sad and upsetting what is happening to the west. In the UK we have a left PM who does not seem to understand democracy and the roll of an PM. In France the left has now arrested a publisher and we have an other Julian Assange situation. In The US they are about to elect a communist to become President who does not even know where Ukraine is, it spells the end of the west to me and the end of democratic values. Very sad and very upsetting.

[nope-occm]

Activity not spied on by the government? Woooahh. Can't have freedom, that would be dangerous. The government is in your best interests. Right? 🤦‍♀️

[Viz-txredisright]

Anything for the government to get data and personal info🙄

[angelarredondo]

why not hold car manufacturers responsible for drunk drivers?

[edwoo]

If you don't like the laws of France, you should stay out of France.

[Mike_]

Amazing how many people still think using an App makes them anonymous ....