Is France Is Assisting the U.S. State Dept with Pavel Durov's Arrest?
Have you ever noticed whenever censorship is the excuse the reason is far more sinister? (ADDENDUM added after publication)
ICYMI
Pavel Durov, the founder and President of Telegram, was arrested today (Sat, 24-Aug-2024) upon exiting his private plane in France with the claim Telegram violated France’s censorship laws.
Events Leading Up to the Arrest
Anti-Israel hackers who stole gigabytes of sensitive Israeli data have been publishing the classified information on TELEGRAM.
Telegram refused Israel’s request to censor them.
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At the time of this post, why was Russia the only country coming to Pavel’s aid after his arrest?
This certainly does not bode well for the perspective that the USA is THE country for free speech, does it?
But is it REALLY about censorship?
Or is it about control?
After all, what the govt doesn’t like it also uses for its own desires, do they not?
What Is REALLY Going On?
Mike Benz sums it up best - and it is WAY deeper than most believe.
In fact, most of the censorship is way deeper than most believe.
He was at an airport recording this on the fly…
Mike Benz Talks About Durov on X Spaces
Mike is cut off at the end up the above video but he continues on his X Spaces found here…
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1827514567884255430
He promised more to come and he delivered…
https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1827580931974029821
Durov Interview with Tucker Carlson
Pavel Durov left Russia when the government tried to control his social media company, Telegram.
But in the end, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech.
It was a western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member, that locked him away.
Pavel Durov sits in a French jail tonight, a living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth at the behest of governments and intel agencies.
Darkness is descending fast on the formerly free world. Here’s our interview with Durov from several months ago (click image to view on the TCN web site)…
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ADDENDUMS
Who is Mike Benz?
Michael Benz is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online.
Previously, Mr. Benz served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Technology at the U.S. Department of State.
Follow him on X @MikeBenzCyber and @FFO_Freedom.
Post - U.S. Tax Dollars Funding Text Message Censorship In Brazil
As evidence of past actions of the U.S. State Department, Mike Benz published this post on his web site Foundation for Freedom Online in July 2022.
SUMMARY
Brazil’s election court announced it may nullify election winners who spread online ‘misinformation’
Hundreds of censorship professionals have been hired to read text message chats in Telegram and WhatsApp for ‘misinformation’ to report for apps to ban
Financing for censorship of Brazilian citizens’ text messages is coming from USAID, the State Department, and the National Endowment for Democracy
Click in the image below to view Mike’s post…
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