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Looks like Pavel Durov is also going to bend the knee. ***** "Over the past few weeks" staff had combed through Telegram using artificial intelligence to ensure "all the problematic content we identified in Search is no longer accessible", he said. Durov added that the platform had updated its terms of service and privacy policy to make clear that it would share infringers' details with authorities -- including internet IP addresses and phone numbers -- "in response to valid legal requests". "We won't let bad actors jeopardise the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users," he said. ***** https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20240923-telegram-s-durov-announces-new-crackdown-on-illegal-content We are told that these “bad actors” are sex traffickers, drug dealers, terrorists, and other loathesome types. What assurance is there that no political dissidents or contrarian voices were silenced in the process? How much controversial but necessary speech was suppressed in the name of rooting out “bad actors”? We are supposed to believe that this is a good thing, for Pavel Durov to bend the knee. Somehow, I don’t see this ending well for anyone. Free Speech is being squeezed everywhere.