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Comment by coldblues

5 days ago

The logical explanation to me is that most of the Signal contacts shared tend to be for drugs or CSAM trading, so they went for the nuclear approach to make moderation easier.

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axegon_  5 days ago

Give me a break, open telegram, which is still in the clear for comrade musk and he publicly advocated for comrade durov and tell me how long it will take you to find anything from prostitution to weapons, drugs and human trafficking. It's all about punishing people who can question musk & co's authoritarian desires.

  • coldblues  5 days ago

    Feds can request info from Telegram. Additionally, Telegram has evolved past a simple messenger application. A massive amount of projects, most of them being crypto projects, use Telegram as their primary method of communication and announcements. It is also a very popular messenger in India and parts of Europe. They can block Signal because they can get away with it. If it means banning a bunch of CSAM traders and drug dealers, even if it includes a few users and privacy nerds, they're still winning in terms of easing up their moderation efforts without significant outcry. I believe this block will be lifted, even if Signal users a minority, they are a loud minority. This could have very well been a mistake.

    • axegon_  5 days ago

      Are you seriously this delusional? All other messengers offer e2e encryption in one form or another and the "feds" can't request shit. The only difference is that signal does it out of the box, instead of being buried 20 layers deep in menus and unlike the other messengers(including telegram) is not false advertising and is a crime in the civilized world under data protection laws. So much for free speech(which btw is not news when it comes to musk and anyone with a functioning brain). Comrade musk is in a position where he can mass execute newborn babies on Time square in broad daylight and his simps and entire government will praise him.

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duxup  5 days ago

Is that true?

I’ve never used signal.

  • JansjoFromIkea  5 days ago

    Telegram is overwhelmingly the app of choice for drug dealers with Whatsapp coming second, at least on a direct to customer level.

    No clue about CSAM but I'd really doubt it considering it requires a phone number.