A message that appeared in the last few hours on Telegram is capturing the attention of thousands of users. “End of free internet. The free internet is becoming a tool of control”.
The message appeared on Telegram
The text that appeared on Telegram is a reference to a post published today on X by Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, who on his birthday he harshly criticized some measures introduced in Europe and the United Kingdom. “I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating – begins the CEO of the messaging app – . Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet, built for us by our fathers”.
The Russian entrepreneur, who launched Telegram in 2013 as a platform focused on privacyexplains that the “initial promise” of the internet, as a space for free trade of ideas, is failing, betraying the trust of those who believed in these ideals. “Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet, built for us by our fathers – writes Durov – . What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being transformed in the definitive control instrument”.
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“Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital identity (UK), online age checks (Australia) and mass scanning of private messages (European Union). Germany he is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is jailing thousands of people for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend freedom and privacy” says Durov in his post.
In his post, the Telegram founder warns that these policies they risk pushing the world towards a future”dark and dystopian“in which freedoms will vanish.”Our generation risks going down in history as the last to have enjoyed freedom, which allowed itself to be taken away – he added – . They fed us a lie. They have made us believe that the greatest battle of our generation is to destroy everything our ancestors left us: tradition, privacy, sovereignty, free markets and free speech. By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we have headed towards self-destruction: moral, intellectual, economic and, ultimately, biological”.
Concluding his message, Durov reiterated that today, despite his 41 years, there is nothing to celebrate. “No, I won’t celebrate today. My time is running out. We are running out of time”.
