US EditionTelegram's Pavel Durov Once Lauded Bitcoin—So Why's He Warning Of A 'Dark Dystopian World' On His Birthday?
Durov warns that government digital IDs, age verification, and mass message scanning threaten online privacy and free expression, with 2.8 million opposing digital ID policies.
- In a Telegram post on Friday, Pavel Durov, Telegram founder and CEO, warned that ‘our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet’ as governments rollback protections.
- New laws such as the DSA and Chat Control proposal give regulators and platforms unprecedented power, with EU lawmakers set to vote on Chat Control next week, critics say.
- He named specific national examples including Germany persecuting critics with fines, the United Kingdom imprisoning thousands for tweets, and over 2.8 million petition signatories opposing a digital ID.
- Technical experts note the consensus that backdoors create security risks, while Durov reaffirmed Telegram would never submit to censorship, calling last week's warning an urgent call to action.
- Durov framed the trend as a systematic erosion of rights as European Union lawmakers prepare to vote next week on Chat Control and Australia restricts social media for under-16s from Dec. 10.
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has sharply criticized the West’s increasingly strict digital regulations, which he says portends the end of free speech and the beginning of a “digital dictatorship.” The billionaire entrepreneur, one of the most prominent defenders of a free internet, spoke of a “digital dystopia” that he says is no longer a future but a reality.
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