{"id":27700,"date":"2024-08-26T18:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=27700"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:15:55","slug":"elon-musk-and-snowden-support-pavel-durov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-and-snowden-support-pavel-durov\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk and Snowden Support Pavel Durov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The detention of <strong>Telegram CEO Pavel Durov<\/strong> has triggered a furious internet discussion. On Saturday, the 39-year-old entrepreneur was arrested outside of Paris at Le Bourget airport. Once he arrived in a private jet, police led the Russian native away. French officials, who had obtained an international arrest warrant, sought him for lack of moderation on Telegram. Netizens&#8217; demands to &#8220;<strong>free Durov<\/strong>&#8221; are the buzz on social media lately. Also supporting the Telegram co-founder are top tech heavyweights like Elon Musk and Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly following <strong>Durov&#8217;s<\/strong> detention, Snowden\u2014a former American NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower\u2014took to X, formerly Twitter, to criticize the shockingly arbitrary arrest.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFirst they came for Tiktok, and I did not speak out\u2014because I was not twelve years old. Then they came for the Telegram, and I did not speak out\u2014because I was using some other app or something. Then they came for literally every other platform for dissent, and I did not speak out\u2014because bro, how tf could I\u2014that&#8217;s the entire point\u2014wake up, wake up,wa\u2014&#8221;<\/em> Snowden said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Snowden\/status\/1827702193572446348\">on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Related: <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france-for-multiple-offenses\/\">Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Multiple Offenses<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the first to highlight the &#8220;#FreePavel&#8221; movement was the<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1827642452087275566\"> X account<\/a> of SpaceX founder. Musk then started a flurry of postings on his social media page outlining his worries over the attack on free expression.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours following <strong>Durov&#8217;s<\/strong> detention, he tweeted, &#8220;<em>Being a free speech advocate these days is increasingly feeling like a Kobayashi Maru problem.&#8221;<\/em> David Sacks of Craft Ventures noted, <em>&#8220;Using allied countries to circumvent First Amendment protections is the new Rendition.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paulg\/status\/1827534519618224335\">In an X pos<\/a>t titled <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine a country both arresting the founder of Telegram and being a major startup hub,&#8221;<\/em> computer scientist Paul Graham also protested <strong>Durov&#8217;s<\/strong> detention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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