The recent arrest of Telegraph CEO Pavel Durov in France over allegations his social media site has become a breeding ground for such illicit activities as drug trafficking, terrorist communications and child exploitation has ignited a firestorm of opposition on social media and elsewhere – with activists, politicians, scholars and others decrying what they perceive as an escalating threat to freedom of speech.
Their alarm appears justified considering the assault on free expression appears to be sweeping across the continent, from Dublin to Düsseldorf.
Durov was detained last weekend at Paris’s Bourget Airport on a warrant related to Telegram’s lack of moderation.
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