Telegram CEO's Arrest Roils Far-Right Users in US

Sunday, September 01, 2024

As soon as French authorities arrested Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, the far-right landscape in the U.S. began to buzz with concern about losing its preferred communication platform.

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America's far right flocked to the app as traditional social media sites ramped up their content moderation in the wake of Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, and its hands-off approach to content moderation has made it a refuge for extremists and conspiracy theorists of all kinds.

Pavel's arrest and charges in a wide range of crimes " related to Telegram's alleged complicity in allowing users to trade in child pornography, drugs and money laundering " left those same users speculating about a possible upheaval.

Where are the MAGAts going to congregate now?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-08-31 09:55 AM | Reply

Why wouldn't they hang with the orange leader at T.S.? They can get all their B.S. from T.S. straight from the horses ---.

#2 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2024-09-01 12:49 PM | Reply

I predicted this exact type of thing would happen with Telegram here a few years ago. Not a hard prediction to make if you look at what has happened repeatedly with unmoderated platforms over the past two decades.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-09-01 12:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This guy is a full on Russian agent posing like he represents the West and Silly Con Valley. He is just a traitor to his host's country and need to spend the rest of his life in prison and the government needs to take all his wealth and give it to Ukraine so as to start to undo some, just some of the damage he has done to them. I would advocate for the death penalty but rich guys would rather have that then live in a 5'x 5' cel for the rest of their days.

#5 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-09-01 08:54 PM | Reply