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Pavel Durov

What Pavel Durov thinks about censorship

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Founder of Telegram, and before it of VK.

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  1. Our readingGovernment is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens.

    Their wordsThat's how you end up in an endless loop of ever-increasing taxes, ever-increasing regulation, which ultimately suffocates free market, free enterprise, and free speech. So, you do want to have very, very strict limitations on the extent the government can increase its powers at the expense of citizens.

    ↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 13th of 28 in this recording

    government

    Interesting

  3. Our readingThe French investigation of him should never have been started; a criminal case is the wrong tool for regulating social media.

    Their wordsThe investigation itself should have never been started. It's an absurd and harmful way of solving an issue such as complicated as regulating social media. It is just the wrong tool.

    ↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 14th of 28 in this recording

    social media

    Interesting

  5. Our readingHe would rather lose everything than yield to government pressure to block channels, because submitting to something fundamentally wrong breaks a person inside.

    Their wordsAnd I would rather lose everything I have than yield to this pressure because, if you submit to this pressure and agree with something that is fundamentally wrong and violates rights of other people as well, you become broken inside, you become a shell of your former self on a deep biological and spiritual level.

    ↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 15th of 28 in this recording

    government

    Interesting