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The fuck that have to do with the message of them taking away freedom of speech and privacy?
The message (which appears as a banner in the Telegram app, too) is filled with overhyped “news” and generalization regarding freedom of speech. Since him being stopped and investigated in France, he’s gone pretty unhinged on freedom of speech, disregarding the complexity of governing bodies and the real effect of information without bounds.
He makes valid points and I’m not defending anyone, but he oversimplifies and misreads some topics.
You people are cartoon characters truly. He was arrested by the whole French government because they wanted him to crack down and report users as well deleting post. It doesn't get more direct to reality than that. It's a quick post so it will be simplier than an essay or a speech given at a lecture.
I have the feeling you’re not really reading what I’m writing, you want to clash instead of discuss, but I’ll go on: I fully agree that taking him in custody and pressuring him to close unwanted channels is wrong and can deter startups and investments in the social network field in Europe, but Russia is a real threat and they are using all the tools possible to manipulate opinion (in Moldova for example) and create chaos. So pretty understandable that the French tried it. But he puts it like Europe and Russia are on the same level of media and chat control, and they are not. Nonetheless, there is a drift in that direction and we should uphold the free speech rights. All in all, I welcome his message!
This is what this user does, for the record. They don't care about anything anyone else says, they must be 100% correct or they turn to insults. You may want to block them if you care about actual discussion.