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The current generation is running out of time. There's almost none left to save the free internet that their fathers created.
Pavel Durov, the founder of this messenger, made such a statement on his Telegram page.
He turned 41 today, but the entrepreneur does not want to celebrate his birthday. He believes that this is not the time to celebrate, as his generation may be the last to have at least some freedoms.
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According to Durov, even states that consider themselves democratic and were once free are introducing anti-utopian measures. They turn the free exchange of information into an instrument of total control.
- the businessman writes.
He mentioned digital identity cards in the UK, online age verification in Australia, and mass scanning of personal messages in the European Union.
- says Durov about the current British reality.
And in Germany, according to him, citizens are being harassed for criticizing officials on the Internet. At this time, the French authorities are putting on trial the heads of technology companies who are trying to protect freedom and privacy.
As a result, the entrepreneur concludes that without a free Internet, humanity is in danger of self-destruction.
Last year, Durov was detained at the Paris airport, accused of insufficient moderation of the Telegram messenger and refusal to cooperate with French law enforcement agencies. At first, he was arrested, but then this restriction was replaced by a ban on leaving the country. Subsequently, the entrepreneur nevertheless left France.
