After Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of global messaging software Telegram, was arrested in France, the crypto community launched the "Free Durov" slogan to express support. Everyone began to pay attention to the decentralization concept behind this incident and the importance of global information freedom. Many leaders in the encryption world have also jumped out to speak out.
Buterin: Worried about freedom of communication in Europe
In this regard, Vitalik, co-founder of Ethereum, expressed serious concerns about the future of European software and communication freedom. He pointed out that with the suppression of communication software by regulatory agencies, European software developers and users are facing unprecedented challenges. Buterin Frankly speaking, he has previously publicly criticized Telegram for failing to take serious enough measures in encryption protection. However, today's incident makes him more worried about the future of digital freedom in Europe.
Because according to the information currently available, the accusations faced by Telegram are that it did not actively monitor or control user content and failed to hand over user data. The implication is that Vitalik believes that the current accusations against Pavel Durov reflect a broader The problem is that governments and regulatory agencies are gradually increasing their crackdowns on unaudited platforms that insist on privacy protection.
Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands: Defend freedom together
After recently announcing a strategic partnership with the dark horse public chain TON, Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, also posted on the X platform to express his continued support for the TON network:
We are committed and steadfast in supporting our friends, the @ton_blockchain community, and standing together in this fight to defend freedom. Decentralization is the solution to combat censorship and preserve our freedoms and rights. #FREEDUROV
Yat Siu's post also pointed out that decentralization has multiple advantages, including eliminating single points of failure, increasing fault tolerance, and ensuring freedom by resisting censorship. He emphasized that the TON blockchain is exactly such a decentralized solution.
He also mentioned that TON’s decentralized architecture will help consolidate the future development of the Telegram ecosystem, and tagged “#FreePavel” in his tweet to show his support.
It is worth noting that Tesla CEO Musk continues to pay attention to this matter. After a series of support this morning (25th), he also posted the #FreePavel tag this afternoon.
