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Pavel Durov can’t be held legally responsible for what happens in Telegram users’ E2EE direct chats, EFF’s @evacide told DW News. And arresting a CEO for content moderation practices could threaten millions of users’ free speech and privacy rights. https://youtu.be/NlHGfQyL3BM?feature=shared
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

except it's not just what's in E2EE direct chats. There are so many groups you could join that weren't really that secretive with scams, frauds, and other problematic content. If I recall you can have groups as large as 200K in Telegram.

So yes in so far as End to End Encrypted Chats I agree, but a lot of that content wasn't as private as many would think.

Update: I also think it's worthwhile noting Telegram doesn't encrypt chat by default

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in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

But that isn't the issue. The issue that he wasn't responding to legal requests to take down illegal content on his servers
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

We human beings and people in governmental positions in particular are simply becoming increasingly stupider, with a complete lack of logic, and incapable of thinking one step ahead. The picture painted by the film Idiocracy https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ is already here.

#idiocracy

in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

only secret chats are E2EE, normal direct chats are client-server encryption only. But as far as I remember Telegram's servers have those chats encrypted and operators do not have the decryption keys available to them, so they can't just go looking at people's private chats.
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

under US law or under French and EU law? "Can't" is a pretty large claim here.
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

this is weaponising free speech, the same dirty tactics done by people like Elon Musk and Andrew Tate.
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