Censorship for Profit

When Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested by French authorities at the end of August, the move came as a shock. But among the few who could (or, at least, should) have seen the arrest coming is Durov himself. For months, European Union rhetoric around the platform had been ramping up, especially around the June 2024 EU elections when officials began raising the alarm about being “flooded” with disinformation.