EU Builds Case to Place Telegram Under Stricter Content Scrutiny
(pomf2.lain.la)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/9xwakrwa.PNGEU Builds Case to Place Telegram Under Stricter Content Scrutiny The European Union is quietly gathering evidence to support the case that the controversial social media and messaging app Telegram should be subject to the bloc’s strictest content-moderation regulations.
The EU is explicitly coming after even the tiniest of fringe channels and forums, as any for of dissent is a form of terrorism.
The arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s chief executive officer, has increased regulators’ sense of urgency to more tightly monitor the social media and messaging app, which is often used by criminals and pro-Kremlin accounts to spread disinformation, said the commission official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the bloc’s methodology.
