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| Gen X billionaire Pavel Durov got arrested in France on charges of money laundering. |
It is time for the West to sever its ties with Israel before it's too late. I believe Joe Biden will be the last U.S. president to have a strong backing with Israel.
Whether Donald J. Trump returns to the White House or Kamala Harris becomes the next president, I will not rest until the 47th President of the United States officially cuts Israel loose.
Once this election is over, I will not allow Democrats or Republicans to flood my emails, my phone or my door with their propaganda. I will become a total independent who will vote on issues that matter to me.
Telegram CEO was detained in France. He had an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.
Pavel Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was taken into custody at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan, according to broadcasters LCI and TF1.
Investigators from the National Anti-Fraud Office, attached to the French customs department, notified Durov, 39, that he was being placed in police custody, the broadcasters said.
Durov’s representatives couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.
French prosecutors declined to comment on Durov’s arrest when contacted by The Associated Press on Sunday, in line with regulations during an ongoing investigation.
Hackers got into the Israeli military and espionage sites and leaked troves of damaging information through Telegram. It is the latest attempt to cripple Israel as it is continuing its genocide in Gaza, hackers are targeting Israeli leaders. Israel is provoking conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen as well as meddling in the 2024 U.S. presidential election to ensure Trump wins.
Pavel and Nickoli Durov, two Russian oligarchs who created VK and Telegram are under pressure by the West to stop the free flow of information. They are being told to stop promoting antisemitism, terrorism and extremism.
Israel especially wants the platform to stop allowing content from Hezbollah and Hamas to stop.
French media reported that the warrant for Durov was issued by France at the request of the special unit at the country’s interior ministry in charge of investigating crimes against minors. Those include online sexual exploitation, such as possession and distribution of child sexual abuse content and grooming for sexual purposes.
Telegram was founded by Durov and his brother in the wake of the Russian government’s crackdown after mass pro-democracy protests that rocked Moscow at the end of 2011 and 2012.
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| Telegram will not cave to Israeli pressure. |
The demonstrations prompted Russian authorities to clamp down on the digital space, adopting regulations that forced internet providers to block websites and cellphone operators to store call records and messages that could be shared with security services.
In the increasingly repressive environment, Telegram and its pro-privacy rhetoric offered a convenient way for Russians to communicate and share news. In 2018, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor moved to block Telegram over its refusal to hand over encryption keys, but ultimately failed to fully restrict access to the app.
Telegram continued to be widely used — including by government institutions — and the ban was dropped two years later. In March 2024, Roskomnadzor said that Telegram was working with the Russian government to a certain extent and had removed more than 256,000 posts with prohibited content at Roskomnadzor’s request.
Telegram also continues to be a popular source of news in Ukraine, where both media outlets and officials use it to share information on the war, and deliver missile and air raid alerts.
In a statement posted on its platform, Telegram said it abides by EU laws including the digital services act, and its moderation is “within industry standards and constantly improving.”
Durov, the company added, “has nothing to hide and travels frequently in Europe.”
“It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform,” Telegram’s post said. “Almost a billion users globally use Telegram as means of communication and as a source of vital information. We’re awaiting a prompt resolution of this situation. Telegram is with you all.”
A French judicial official suggested that Durov could appear before a judge later Sunday to determine whether he will remain in custody. The official wasn’t authorized to be named publicly during an ongoing investigation.
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| Hamas used Telegram in order to get the message out there to world leaders. They are resistance to the Israeli occupation and forcible removal of them from their homes. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to stop this ethnostate from starting global war. |
“If the person concerned is to be brought before a judge today, it is only in the context of the possible extension of his police custody measure — a decision that must be taken and notified by an investigating judge,” the official said.
Western governments have often criticized Telegram for lack of content moderating on the messaging service, which experts say opens up the messaging platform for potential use in money laundering, drug trafficking and allowing the sharing of content linked to sexual exploitation of minors.
Compared to other messaging platforms, Telegram is “less secure (and) more lax in terms of policy and detection of illegal content,” said David Thiel, a Stanford University researcher, who has investigated the use of online platforms for child exploitation, at its Internet Observatory.
In addition, Telegram “appears basically unresponsive to law enforcement,” Thiel said, adding that messaging service WhatsApp “submitted over 1.3 million CyberTipline reports in 2023 (and) Telegram submits none.”
In 2022, Germany issued fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of Telegram for failing to comply with German law. The Federal Office of Justice said that Telegram FZ-LLC hasn’t established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or named an entity in Germany to receive official communication.
Both are required under German laws that regulate large online platforms.
Last year, Brazil temporarily suspended Telegram over its failure to surrender data on neo-Nazi activity related to a police inquiry into school shootings in November.
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of social media site X who once called himself a “free speech absolutist” in the past, posted ”#freePavel” in support of Durov following the arrest.
Musk is a staunch supporter of Trump, Israel and censorship.
Russian government officials expressed outrage at Durov’s arrest, with some highlighting what they said was the West’s double standard on freedom of speech.
“In 2018, a group of 26 NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and others, condemned the Russian court’s decision to block Telegram,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“Do you think this time they’ll appeal to Paris and demand Durov’s release?” Zakharova said in a post on her personal Telegram account.
Officials at the Russian Embassy in Paris had requested access to Durov, Zakharova told Russian state news outlet RIA Novosti, but she added that French authorities view Durov’s French citizenship as his primary one.
In a statement to the AP earlier this month, Telegram said that it actively combats misuse of its platform.
“Moderators use a combination of proactive monitoring and user reports in order to remove content that breaches Telegram’s terms of service. Each day, millions of pieces of harmful content are removed,” the company said.
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| Great Britain calls Hamas a resistant militant group. |
The West does have a double standard. Right now, many of these Zionists are calling for the total annihilation of Gaza and the West Bank. No outrage from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former president Donald J. Trump, J.D. Vance or Tim Walz.
No calls for investigation, jailing, deporting, suing, censoring or boycotting when Israelis celebrate massacring people of all nationalities. Only when it involves protesters, imams, professors, celebrities and politicians who refuse to follow the status quo when it comes to Israel.
They claim that Iran, China and Russia are actively meddling in the 2024 U.S. Elections.
That may be so, but Israel is very much involved in meddling in our elections.
They also trying to censor religious leaders who criticize Israel. Calling for the destruction of Israel is not antisemitic.
The Israelis and American lawmakers have weaponized antisemitism as a way to stifle free speech and shut down discussions to why America must continue this relationship with the apartheid ethnostate.
A Brooklyn Muslim cleric who once partnered with New York Mayor Eric Adams on a campaign to end hate is now spreading it by calling for the annihilation of Israel, The New York Post claims. They ran with the pro-Israel propaganda Middle East Media Research Institute ran on "radical" imam.
Meanwhile, one of his counterparts at a mosque in the Bronx has taken to blasting “Zionist Hollywood” and Christians for packing their churches with LGBTQ worshippers, whom he claims they are recruiting to bolster dwindling congregations.
As the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza continues, imam Sheikh Muhammad Al-Barr, called on Allah at his Bay Ridge mosque to “liberate Palestine from the occupiers and the plunderers” during a Friday service earlier this month.
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