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The article was not about praising or condemning Telegram, but reporting on an incredibly sudden shift in policy.
by fabulist 11y ago
The article was not about praising or condemning Telegram, but reporting on an incredibly sudden shift in policy.
- biafra 11y agoNo. The article was definitely about condemning Telegram. Otherwise it would have mentioned that other people producing stuff (for example: Cars, Open Source Software etc.) used by terrorists also sleep fine.
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- fabulist 11y agoI really doubt Washington Posts' sympathies lie with poor ISIS because they lost some social media accounts. If they were condemning anyone (which they weren't), it was Pavel Durov himself, not Telegram. This piece was about Durov's sudden 180 degree turn from "I will not censor anyone under any circumstance" to "I will have to censor some people under some circumstances, but not when it counts." It also recalls similar events at VKontakte, where he refused to give up data until he was forced to leave the country (presumably leaving VKontakte vulnerable to the government). (Edited to clarify that I meant it was Pavel Durov as opposed to his company.)