A Times investigation has found that Telegram, one of the world’s biggest messaging apps, with nearly a billion users, is also a giant black market and gathering place for the likes of terrorists and white supremacists.
Adam Satariano, a technology reporter for The Times, discusses the story of Telegram and the arrest of its founder, Pavel Durov.
Guest: Adam Satariano (https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-satariano) , a technology correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• How Telegram became a playground for criminals, extremists and terrorists (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/technology/telegram-crime-terrorism.html) .
• The criminal charges against Pavel Durov (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/technology/telegram-encryption-pavel-durov.html) raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and Telegram’s approach to privacy and security.
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This analysis is weak. Google and others directly profit from the content and the algorithms hence the need for moderation. Telegram is not like this because it doesn’t profit from such groups or at least there’s no evidence for that.
Its starts with “im bringing you this propaganda piece”….
Hearing “terrorists and white supremacists” mixed with “…Russian tech billionaire…” and “his private plane lands at an airport outside Paris” as an opening argument for what is supposed to be a serious analysis, reminds me of those old gangster movies. The “bad guy” was presented from the first scene with a scar on his face, and with all those perversions and evils typical of someone who you are going to hate throughout the movie, and who you will celebrate when he dies in a terrifying way.
What a load of rubbish, just because criminals love this app does not make the app criminal. This is the only app that is free from govt oversight.
There are tons of crime happening in all social media and whatsapp in particular running endless scams