CEO Pavel Durov Arrest in France
Do you also use an app called Telegram? You must have heard a lot about Telegram because nowadays there is a discussion about whether it will be shut down soon? And is the Indian government going to ban it in India?
Allegations and Future of Telegram
After the arrest of Pavel Dorov, the founder and CEO of Telegram in France, now the Indian government has also become serious about the allegations that the investigation agencies of western countries have made on this messaging app and that is why the French government has arrested the CEO and founder of this app. They are accused of spreading false news with the help of Telegram and cyber frauds are happening, pornography is happening and terrorism-supported materials and content are being promoted on it and the CEO of this company, Pavel Doro, has failed to stop this, due to which he was arrested in France and if these allegations are proved right, then he can be sentenced to 20 years in jail in France. Now the big question is that when the owner, founder and CEO of this company have been arrested, then what will be the future of this company?
Ban of Telegram
We came to know from sources that the Indian government will now investigate all such complaints in which it is alleged that the Telegram app is being used for criminal and terrorist activities as well as for watching porn videos and if these allegations are proved right then the Indian government can also ban this app in the coming days, India can also ban Telegram, and it will be a very big decision in India but you know before this TikTok has also been banned in our country, will Telegram also be banned like TikTok
User of Telegram
At present 95 crore people in the world use this Telegram app and the maximum of them 10 crore people are from India, 3 crore 40 lakh users are from Russia, 2 crore 72 lakh are from Indonesia, 2 crore 68 lakh are from America, and 2 crore 20 lakh users are from Brazil, whereas out of the total users of Telegram only 0.7 i.e. 65 lakh users are from France, think about it, France, which does not have even one percent users on Telegram, has arrested its CEO and banned Telegram, whereas the maximum number of Telegram users in India Even though there are so many users, there was no discussion on the ban of Telegram in our country India.
Misuses of Telegram
Remember, according to a report that came in August, the terrorists who infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir use Telegram for communication. It is their favorite app. Many terrorist organizations still have accounts and channels on this app and till some time ago, there were many such accounts on this app.
I have seen false information regarding France following the arrest of Pavel Durov.
France is deeply committed to freedom of expression and communication, to innovation, and to the spirit of entrepreneurship. It will remain so.
In a state governed by the rule of law,…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) August 26, 2024
Terriosm on Telegram
Jaish-e-Mohammad also had his own channel on Telegram which had thousands of subscribers and this is not just about terrorists, the constable recruitment exam of UP police was held this year in Uttar Pradesh and the question paper was leaked which became a big news, in that the criminals used this Telegram and you will remember that the question paper which was leaked was done on Telegram app only.
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Paper Leak on Telegram
Apart from this, the question paper of UGC NEET was also leaked with the help of this Telegram Pup and if you see most of the question papers which are being leaked in our country, you will definitely find the name of Telegram in all of them, most of the cyber frauds happening in India right now are happening using this Telegram app and this app also promotes pornography, there are many such Telegram channels on this app which send obscene content to people by taking weekly and monthly subscription and this Telegram app has a very big role in the root of the promotion of porn videos and drug trafficking in India.
What if India Ban Telegram?
In India and Western countries The biggest difference is that if India had considered this app a threat to itself and shut it down or arrested its CEO, then there would have been a debate in the world that India has killed democracy and freedom of expression, killed free speech, but very few countries in the world are saying this about France and in this matter France is getting the support of most of the western countries. French President Emmanuel Macron has said that this arrest has nothing to do with politics and this is a matter of 100 percent content moderation.
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Content moderation is the process in which illegal activities and objectionable content on a platform are removed from the public.
Allegations on Youtube, Spanpchat and Instagram
It is true that telegram app is being used for pornography content and criminal activities, but today a big question is whether this is the only app on social media that promotes such illegal content, then the answer is no, you can understand this from this report which was published this year, according to which in America alone, 13 crore 30 lakh content was removed from YouTube to remove objectionable posts, videos and accounts for child abuse and pornography, after YouTube 11 crore 10 lakh from TikTok, 5 crore 70 lakh from Facebook, 1 crore 50 lakh from Instagram, but 21 lakh 70 thousand posts, accounts and videos were removed from Snapchat, and Telegram was nowhere in this list, like the CEO of Telegram was arrested, were these companies not involved in this abuse? The CEO of can also be arrested of this companies also?
Actually, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook are all American companies, Telegram is from Russia and TikTok is from China.
A wall of Free speech and Privacy
All the big companies say that we promote free speech, so don’t touch us, we are protecting privacy. In fact, the algorithm of these companies is such that they have full power to decide which ideology should be delivered to you and which ideology should be suppressed. In the war between Israel and Gaza, whose side will reach you more. In Bangladesh, whose side between Khalida Zia and Sheikh Hasina will reach people more and whose side will be suppressed. In India, the narrative of which party and ideology will reach you and whose will not. Which content will go viral and which will not. All this is decided by these tech companies, which they push that content according to their algorithm and they cleverly call it free speech. And today, all over the world, this gas lighting is being done among people in the name of free speech and privacy. People are being made to believe that. The truth is being shown, which truth these tech companies consider to be the truth through their own glasses, so first they decide what is the truth, what to show and what not, then they deliver it to you in the name of free speech, and the biggest thing is that free speech and privacy, you are told that your privacy is most important to us, no one should know what you are doing, even if you are doing illegal activities, and in the name of privacy and free speech, all these tech companies have entered your homes, your mind, your family
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