In today's world, if you are targeted by others intentionally or unintentionally, it will not be fun. After all, even being an official or president has become a high-risk job.
Musk is undoubtedly a person who has a significant impact on mankind in the contemporary world. He is much more accomplished and valuable than a country's president, king, or prime minister. Anyone who does not admit this is truly ignorant and fearless.
Musk's main task this year is to help Trump run for the US presidency, because he wants to make more changes in the world, and he seems to have a plan in mind.
However, Musk is only a mortal after all. Freedom is precious and he only has one life. He currently does not have the ability to escape into space in dangerous moments.
So, when he learned that Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Durov is a legendary billionaire. He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1984 and showed extraordinary programming talent since childhood. In 2007, Durov and his brother Nikolay co-founded the social platform VKontakte, which is similar to Facebook in the United States. In just one year, the number of users exceeded 20 million, and Durov served as CEO. In 2014, he launched another project, the social media software Telegram, which quickly rose to become one of the most popular social media in the world with 950 million users by 2024. Durov's life and career are not only in Russia. He has multiple nationalities such as Russia, France, and the United Arab Emirates, and his footprints are all over the world. In August this year, Durov made his first appearance on the Bloomberg Billionaires List, ranking 279th (17th among Russians) with a fortune of $9.15 billion. According to Forbes magazine's estimate, Durov's personal wealth exceeds $15 billion.
On August 24, Durov was arrested in Paris, France, on suspicion of a series of crimes, including terrorism, money laundering, fraud, drug trafficking and the dissemination of child pornography. If convicted of these crimes, Durov will face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 euros.
Some people questioned whether Durov's arrest was related to Macron, believing that it was a trap planned by French President Macron himself. It was reported that Durov said during interrogation that he returned to France because President Macron invited him to dinner. However, a French government spokesman denied this.
Although Durov has been released on bail after paying a deposit of 5 million euros, he has lost his freedom. The French bail conditions prohibit Durov from leaving the country and going to the police station for questioning twice a week.
Then again, why is Musk so worried? Because Musk and Durov have a lot in common. First, the platforms they operate have too many similarities, and second, their platforms have both been criticized for insufficient content review and "too free speech."
Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion on October 27, 2022, which was the largest business deal in Musk's career and the largest private company acquisition in the history of the technology industry. Musk implemented a comprehensive reform of Twitter, restored previously banned and suspended accounts, and changed its name to X. However, the X platform has since been censored in many countries for "spreading false information" many times.
On August 30, Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Morais issued an order to completely suspend the operations of social media platform X in Brazil, on the grounds that platform X did not ban accounts that spread false information and published hate speech, and also did not listen to the Brazilian side to appoint a new legal representative.
In addition, in the UK, Musk was criticized earlier for a message that "civil war is inevitable", and some people even suggested that "if Musk is found to have incited riots, he should be arrested."
In view of the above, Musk has to consider his own safety. Although he advocates "freedom of speech", in fact, no matter which country in the world, it is impossible to have complete freedom of speech. In addition to political and cultural factors, in addition to different perceptions of people, speech itself is not really without right and wrong, good and evil, so there is no complete freedom of speech. #Telegram创始人获保释 #非农就业数据即将公布 #BTC走势分析 #以太坊基金会
