David GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish • 25 days agoPavel Durov arrested in France over allowing untrammelled unmoderated criminality on Telegramwww.reuters.commessage-square27arrow-up144arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkPavel Durov arrested in France over allowing untrammelled unmoderated criminality on Telegramwww.reuters.comDavid GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish • 25 days agomessage-square27cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@smiletolerantlylinkEnglish16•25 days agoI hate the labelling of Telegram (and also, to be fair here, WhatsApp) as social media platforms. That’s like saying email is a social media platform because mailing lists exist.
minus-square@geriksonlinkEnglish9•25 days agoHang around the paleo-geek community enough and people will argue precisely that.
minus-square@V0ldeklinkEnglish1•20 days agoI’m actually all for it, since it draws a thick dividing line between a message app like Signal and insecure apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. When people hear “messaging” there is some expectation of privacy. When you hear “social media” it’s implied all of that is public.
I hate the labelling of Telegram (and also, to be fair here, WhatsApp) as social media platforms.
That’s like saying email is a social media platform because mailing lists exist.
Hang around the paleo-geek community enough and people will argue precisely that.
I’m actually all for it, since it draws a thick dividing line between a message app like Signal and insecure apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.
When people hear “messaging” there is some expectation of privacy. When you hear “social media” it’s implied all of that is public.