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Well, Russia has basically never had freedom of speech, except for a brief period in the 1990s, so it contributes nothing to his thesis in the tweet that "once-
by kgeist 1y ago
Well, Russia has basically never had freedom of speech, except for a brief period in the 1990s, so it contributes nothing to his thesis in the tweet that "once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures."
- yatsyk 1y agoIf he had written that Western Europe is moving toward China’s model, I would have had no questions about his tweet and would have fully supported it. As I understand it, Durov doesn’t agree with your statement — you can check point 5 of his 2014 manifesto [1] [1] https://globalvoices.org/2014/03/13/pavel-durovs-seven-reasons-to-stay-in-russia/ https://globalvoices.org/2014/03/13/pavel-durovs-seven-reaso...
- kgeist 1y ago>2014 That was before the Kremlin fully launched its repressive measures against the Internet, and before he was forced to leave Russia for refusing to cooperate with the authorities.
- sam_lowry_ 1y agoAlready after 2012 street protests in Moscow.
- jrochkind1 1y agoMakes it weird that he's choosing to live in a never-free country maybe though (as an alternative to living in the other seldom-free country in which he is a citizen).