• @sc_griffith
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    3 months ago

    that does not make any sense

    EDIT: to elaborate. if he was in danger in the UAE, he could just go somewhere that isn’t france. the thread speculates he got arrested to ‘signal’ he’s down with the west, which is typical conspiracy baking.

    also nothing in the thread indicates why durov would feel threatened by Russia. if anything, it suggests the opposite. also what is “Ukrainian sources”

    • @anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      23 months ago

      also nothing in the thread indicates why durov would feel threatened by Russia.

      I think russia was debating banning telegram recently, because encryption allows for opposition, but kept it because of its military value.
      If your platform was almost banned by a dictatorship I see why you wouldn’t feel comfortable there.