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[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

imagine how western media would screech and cry if China arrested Steve Huffman or Myanmar arrested Mark Zuckerberg

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Please President Xi... please...

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

France is setting a very dangerous precedent with this move

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

if Zuckerberg had Chinese citizenship, sure

[–] miz@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

why would Chinese citizenship matter to Myanmar

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

lol true, but you get what i mean

[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Left Russia because of the state pushing him out of VK for resisting orders over users involved in the Maidan thing in Ukraine, went thru special French naturalization for billionaires just to get arrested there.

I just assumed Telegram was some NATO aligned thing from the start, whether this joker knew it or not. I guess that wasn't entirely true.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Ah finally, a true free speech champion

[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

went thru special French naturalization for billionaires just to get arrested there.

holy fucking shit. this is one of the dumbest moves of all time

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Guessing for not cooperating with intelligence and security agencies given the list of charges would easily apply to all the other social medias and chat apps

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

all the other social media apps do cooperate -- even tiktok

[–] GayTuckerCarlson@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Broad Investigation? Like arresting women?

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I mean he was probably arrested for something else but anytime i checked my local chatgroups it was all people looking for hard drugs and underage girls. Some of them accounts who were crying on russian telegrams about trans people ruining kids. So that actually is a problem.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m in exactly one Telegram channel and it’s just videos of Israeli troops getting blown up

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

this is the real reason they want to shut it down... Ukraine and Israel having hissy fits that people are seeing information they didn't approve

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago
[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what’s up in ur local chat groups, but I promise you the moral reasons are not at the heart of the crackdown

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's what i specified at first.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Reinforcing that point!