So telegram is pointless now. Fuck France

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What they were aiming for since forever

No. Telegram has always been pointless 😆

This

Because he's a fiat billionaire, he was "persuaded" to cooperate. If he had been a bitcoiner, things would have probably played out differently.

Not endorsing Telegram but the only places I'm seeing the 'report' button are in group chats and channels. I think a lot of this comes down to confusion by MSM outlets. As I understand it, if Telegram permits you to continue the conversation from a different device, the chat is not E2E encrypted. This leaves me puzzled about the absence of the 'report' button in non-secret 1-to-1 chats. This probably won't be enough to appease the nanny state.

He is btw…

Gay

lol, does it mean e2ee „secret chats” to dissapear?

If people want moderation, they know where to go. If they don't... #Nostr

He needs to have the "Fuck you money".

Perhaps I am a bit negative today, but I think most of the "normal people" will applaud this instead of seeing this as another step towards dystopia...

Of course. Another bites the dust

Th ey just moved it to another sub-article.

Defnitly. I mean the cryptography does not change. It is insecure by design. The difference is that they use their entry to filter illegal actions now. Probably noone besides violators support sexual abuse in any kind.

I think a Nostr relay admin is still in power over what notes can be stored and which not. And I hope strongly, that there are many relays that do not accept content, that supports sexual abuse in any form.

Secret chats will probably remain. If it is possible to report secret chats, I do not know. In the end there should be no difficulty one can also report abuse in secret chats.

Apparently....He folded quickly. Surprising how easy you blackmail a pseudo-libertarian spoiled billionaire.. Too few Mandelas, Assanges, etc Too many Durovs on this planet.. Sad

The Verge

Telegram changes its tone on moderating private chats after CEO’s arrest

Pavel Durov said this week that the company would moderate content.

Sad but telegram was never a based app.

From the story, it looks like it will require user reporting to initiate official moderation. I guess terrorists will be reporting each other? "All Telegram apps have ‘Report’ buttons that let you flag illegal content for our moderators — in just a few taps." I don't see this appeasing the surveillance state. They want a backdoor to see all comms and be able to block content they don't approve. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg for what's to come with Telegram. Hopefully, what ever happens, it will be transparent for its users. But, history has shown otherwise.

Durov has the money. Just not the FU money.

Durov definitely didn't build it right... #SovEng

Maybe unpopular opinion. I dont care much about piracy and drug trafficking. But I have a weak spot for child abuse and any form of human rights abuse. If I know I could do something to catch them I would. I would be happy thinking my app is a honeypot to catch them.

" They want a backdoor to see all comms and be able to block content they don't approve" which they have with Telegram, at least the russian side most traffic on telegram isn´t encypted anyway

I am shocked

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Assange over Mandela anyday

It' debatable but both endured too much for their freedom struggle without folding.