News @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists

www.propublica.org The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists

From attempting to incite racially motivated violence to encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov.

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I find this to be a bit ridiculous. Telegram isn’t the only method of communication. If they take it down, there are already a lot of alternatives. And more can be made in a week. It’s not hard to encrypt messages ffs.
- It’s not hard to encrypt messages ffs.
  
  It is if you’re a boomer in charge of the government and apparently news websites. The internet is a series of tubes.
  
  Then encryption is like tying tubes, and we know how much republican men hate that idea.
- Any platform that knowingly and willingly becomes 'the nazi bar' should be taken down. Repeat as often as necessary.
  
  One persons Nazi is another person’s Wumao.
Durov gets arrested in france and suddenly the telegram slander kicks into high gear. It gets a hit piece every once in a while for sure, but the last few days have been on a different level.

You know who else uses telegram? My family, to send vacation pics to each other.

You know what other technology bad guys use? Email.

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