ER Editor: Here is Macron’s X post on the topic … the tweeted reactions below are totally worth it. Ouch!
I have seen false information regarding France following the arrest of Pavel Durov.
France is deeply committed to freedom of expression and communication, to innovation, and to the spirit of entrepreneurship. It will remain so.
In a state governed by the rule of law,…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) August 26, 2024
.@telegram founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France and is now facing up to 20 years. Many are wondering what, exactly, is his crime?
According to a report by the EU Disinfo Lab, Telegram has processes in place for reporting child abuse, pornography, copyright… pic.twitter.com/sLa5pkFMpE
— Ashley Rindsberg (@AshleyRindsberg) August 26, 2024
Just as there is a definite French angle to this event (humiliation, hypocrisy), there seems to be a Russian one, too, (identity, having one) including trolling by Medvedev —
Dmitry Medvedev’s commentary on Pavel Durov’s arrest:
“Once, quite a long time ago, I asked Durov why he did not want to cooperate with law enforcement agencies on serious crimes. “This is my principled position,” he said. “Then there will be serious problems in any country,” I… pic.twitter.com/5pZ2ZmT60G
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) August 25, 2024
Macron, get out of France now! Durov’s army is out to get you😂 pic.twitter.com/WmIANoVG6l
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) August 25, 2024
Zerohedge has this —
Macron Widely Mocked For Saying Telegram CEO’s Arrest ‘Not Politically Motivated’
Update (1235ET): It appears President Emmanuel Macron is feeling the pressure after French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov over the weekend. The prosecutor’s office has since said his detention may last until Aug.28.
Several prominent tech entrepreneurs and public figures – for example Elon Musk – have decried the move as selective persecution against a known advocate of free speech. In a rare move Macron weighed in directly on Monday, claiming it has nothing to do with his government and that Durov’s arrest and ongoing detention is not politically motivated.
Macron said Monday, “The arrest of Telegram’s president on French territory took place as part of an ongoing judicial investigation. This is in no way a political decision. It is up to the judges to decide.” Macron further condemned what he called “false information” surrounding the case.
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Yet even The New York Times has pointed out that this has become a “Free Speech Flashpoint”… And others point out that that the truth is precisely the opposite of everything Macron asserted…
Every word he wrote must be interpreted in reverse. This is Orwellian. https://t.co/Sl04vnpmVM
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) August 26, 2024
As for Macron’s dubious appeal to this being a simple matter of the “rule of law” prevailing…
In Europe, the rule of law is governed by the state.
— Giovanni B. Ponzetto – 🇨🇦🇮🇱 (@gbponz) August 26, 2024
No one believes this…
“France is deeply committed to freedom of expression and communication, to innovation, and to the spirit of entrepreneurship.”
No one believes this.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 26, 2024
“France is deeply committed to freedom of expression…” claims Macron.
Meanwhile, some very recent history…
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Sorry, but we believe this is all theatre and wonder if there is significance to the number 12.
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Telegram Founder Charged With 12 Counts – France Prosecutor Issues Official Press Release – Sign & Share Demand Now To Free Pavel Durov & Allow Consulate!
The custody period was extended until the 25th August 2024 by an investigative magistrate and can last up to 96 hours (that being the 28th August 2024) under applicable procedure for organized crime
Official news was just released from the French prosecutor hell bent on taking down Telegram founder Pavel Durov (thus gaining a back door to spy):
Press Release
Download (French & English Communique)
Pavel DUROV, founder and CEO of instant messaging and platform TELEGRAM, was
arrested at Le Bourget airport in the outskirts of Paris on Saturday, the 24th of August
2024, then taken into police custody at 8 p.m.
This measure comes in the context of a judicial investigation opened the 8th of July
2024, following a preliminary inquiry initiated by Section J3 – JUNALCO (Fight against Cybercrime) of the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office.
This judicial investigation was opened against person unnamed, on charges of:
– Complicity – web-mastering an online platform in order to enable an illegal
transaction in organized group,
– Refusal to communicate, at the request of competent authorities, information
or documents necessary for carrying out and operating interceptions allowed
by law,
– Complicity – possessing pornographic images of minors,
– Complicity – distributing, offering or making available pornographic images of
minors, in organized group,
– Complicity – acquiring, transporting, possessing, offering or selling narcotic
substances,
– Complicity – offering, selling or making available, without legitimate reason,
equipment, tools, programs or data designed for or adapted to get access to
and to damage the operation of an automated data processing system,
– Complicity – organized fraud,
– Criminal association with a view to committing a crime or an offense punishable
by 5 or more years of imprisonment, Contact presse : 06 07 18 42 28
[email protected]
– Laundering of the proceeds derived from organized group’s offences and
crimes,
-Providing cryptology services aiming to ensure confidentiality without certified
declaration,
– Providing a cryptology tool not solely ensuring authentication or integrity
monitoring without prior declaration,
– Importing a cryptology tool ensuring authentication or integrity monitoring
without prior declaration.
The investigative magistrates in charge of this preliminary judicial investigation have
requested a co-referral of the Centre for the Fight against Cybercrime (Centre de lutte
contre les criminalités numériques, C3N) and the Anti-Fraud National Office (Office
National Anti-Fraude, ONAF) for the pursuance of the investigations.
It is within this procedural framework in which Pavel DUROV was questioned by the
investigators.
The custody period was extended until the 25th August 2024 by an investigative
magistrate and can last up to 96 hours (that being the 28th August 2024) given the
applicable procedure for organized crime offences, as referred to above.
Laure BECCUAU,
Prosecutor of the Republic
Source
Featured image source: https://cryptonews.com/news/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france-elon-musk-protests.htm
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The cynicism of daring to say that this toatlly political arrest and Stalin style trial by a kangaroo court and a rotten “judge” is not “political” is simply an insult to mankind and intelligence.
FUCK YOU macron, and Biden and your pimps, because of course, the little pederast who married his male former teacher didn’t decide to arrest Durov, he was told so by his handlers.
Medvedev at least, spills the beans and explains that Durov was arrested because he refused to collaborate with intel services who wanted to install backdoors, spy on users, censor Telegram and control it.
Russia is probably not better than France in this instance but they don’t pretend it’s not political or that they defend freedom of speech.
The macron’s regime has already banned RT, Sputnik and dissovled countless associations, religious groups and political opponents and the little faggot in the Elysee palace still talks about “France is deeply committed to freedom of expression…”
MACRON, THERE FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE, GO FUCK YOURSELF AND YOUR ZIONIST PIMPS.