The IT Nerd

Over the weekend, news filtered out that the CEO and Founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov was arrested by French authorities after he landed at an airport outside of Paris. The reason for the arrest is that this is part of an investigation where it is alleged that Telegram failed to moderate content on the Telegram platform that may have facilitated criminal activity.

Telegram for its part had this to say:

“Telegram abides by EU laws, including the Digital Services Act — its moderation is within industry standards and constantly improving,” Telegram said in a statement on the arrest.

“Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov has nothing to hide and travels frequently in Europe,” it said. “It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.”

That led Elon Musk to post this:

You can see why Durov’s arrest would be concerning to Elon. He’s under fire from the EU for not moderating content on Twitter. So if he angers the EU enough, he might be the next guy that they arrest at an airport. That must scare the daylights out of him as he’s likely someone who wouldn’t be able to survive 10 seconds inside of a jail cell. In any case, I’ll be watching this closely as this might be a sign of things to come for any company in the social media space that operates in Europe.

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