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The arrest of billionaire Pavel Durov, co-founder of privacy messaging app Telegram, has sparked an outcry over censorship of free speech and the rise in authoritarianism. Elon Musk, flag bearer of free speech and freedom of rights on X, agreed with American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy that the social media platform could be the next target. Also, it has raised concerns about the government’s control and overregulation of technology. Elon Musk Affirms X Could Be Next After Telegram Pro-Bitcoin Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in a post expressed his concern about Pavel Durov’s arrest at the airport in Paris, France. He said “It’s Telegram today. It’ll be X tomorrow.” His post sparked debate after Elon Musk agreed with Ramaswamy. Elon Musk is actively protesting the censorship of free speech in the case on the X platform. According to Musk, “Moderation is a propaganda word for censorship.” People use X as it claims to value freedom of expression and privacy while defending the rights of people, as per the platform’s rules and policies. Elon Musk in a post on X also shared Durov’s interview where he shared how the US government and the FBI poached one of the engineers of Telegram to provide backdoor access to the messaging app data. Tom Shaughnessy, co-founder of crypto analytics firm Delphi Digital, said Pavel Durov’s arrest for not censoring the the messaging app indicates the lengths governments will go to control information. He added that governments and regulators are likely to go after artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), which democratize information at scale by making it accessible to a broader audience. American venture capital investor Tim Draper also joined others in the campaign to release Durov. He said France has erased all hard work it put into the Olympics with “one stupid act of…

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Filed under: News - @ August 26, 2024 9:21 pm