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> Nothing more, nothing less. A lot more and a lot less than that. Arresting this CEO in France is largely a political decision, not a politically neutral enfo
by unsupp0rted 2y ago
> Nothing more, nothing less.
A lot more and a lot less than that. Arresting this CEO in France is largely a political decision, not a politically neutral enforcement action against the Telegram platform.
They don’t perform the same enforcement against other entities they could go after.
- devman0 2y agoHe appears to be a French citizen, so who else should be doing the arresting?
- StrLght 2y agoHe holds French citizenship, apparently broke French laws, and got arrested on French soil. How is that a political decision?
- throwaway48540 2y agoSo, Russian citizen being arrested in Russia for breaking Russian laws against privacy and encryption wouldn't be political?
- willsoon 2y agoYes, because Russia is totalitarian. But they have a law against shitposting. OK. But it hurts my feelings.
- throwaway48540 2y agoFrance isn't totalitarian by having laws against privacy and cryptography?
- DandyDev 2y agoHow is it not just a neutral enforcement action against the Telegram platform? The Telegram platform knowingly hosts illegal content in unencrypted format and does little to moderate that, which is illegal in many countries. The CEO is accountable for how the company operates and what happens on the platform. If Telegram breaks the law - which it does - it’s completely logical that the CEO is held accountable for that and is arrested