Reality check: Has Telegram bowed to global censorship overlords after founder’s arrest in Paris?

Reality check: Has Telegram bowed to global censorship overlords after founder’s arrest in Paris?

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Less than a month after he was arrested by French authorities in Paris, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced the messaging app would bow to Western governments’ requests to provide Telegram users’ personal information. On Sept. 23, Durov said Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and […]

Mike Benz explains Telegram and global censorship beast: ‘Instrument of U.S. statecraft’

Mike Benz explains Telegram and global censorship beast: ‘Instrument of U.S. statecraft’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2024 Contract With Our Readers In an interview on Monday with the War Room, Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online Mike Benz detailed how the U.S. State Department promotes Telegram as a free speech platform in some countries while seeking to censor it in others. Benz also cites […]

NATO, U.S. agencies eyed in shock arrest of Telegram founder in France?

NATO, U.S. agencies eyed in shock arrest of Telegram founder in France?

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the massively popular Telegram secure messaging platform, was arrested on Saturday as he disembarked his private jet on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport in Paris. Durov’s alleged offenses, according to major media dutifully reporting the French […]