[ath3nd]

> According to the logic in France, since criminals use Windows, the CEO of Microsoft could also be blamed.

That's a very bad take. The charges are because of Telegram repeatedly refusing or being too slow to take down illegal content (illegal in France, that is): child pornography, drugs ads, etc. Meta and X both remove illegal content when a notice from authorities is made, unlike Telegram which drags its feet.

If Telegram was encrypted e2e, Durov would not have been able to know of the existence of that illegal content, and could have plausible deniability. As it stands though, Telegram was notified of publicly available illegal content, and refused to remove it, which is a crime in France, where Durov is a citizen.

[prof-dr-ir]

> where Durov is a citizen.

Why is this important? Do you think he would not have been arrested if he had not had a French passport? I would think that all that matters is that his crimes fall under French jurisdiction.

[fakedang]

Well I don't think he would have been arrested had he held an American passport :)

[retinaros]

twitter should def be charged with the same. why when elon musk seized it he could bring down pedopornography by double digit percentage in a few weeks? why wasnt it addressed before? META also recently revealed that they indeed worked for the DNC to supress opinions shouldnt we trial zuck?

[ath3nd]

> twitter should def be charged with the same.

I agree, I don't like double standards

> why when elon musk seized it he could bring down pedopornography by double digit percentage in a few weeks?

I am not sure if I got this right. I was under the impression that illegal and extreme content and bots on twitter only grew as Elon seized it. He fired a majority of his moderation staff, right?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-07/elon-musk...