The Durov Case: Time to Regulate the Internet
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Pavel Durov was arrested on 24 August 2024 in France by its anti-fraud office, which is attached to the French customs authority.
The arrest warrant issued by the French National Judicial Police listed 12 suspected violations regarding crimes on the Telegram platform which is a largely an unmoderated messaging and narrowcasting app.
With the advent of Web 2.0, Web 3.0, and UGC (User-generated Content), the Internet has completed its transformation into an anarchic and lawless ochlocracy (mob-rule). The Internet is a mass medium and like all media it must be regulated. The laws that apply offline must and, in due time, as legislators are exposed to the less savory aspects of the Web, will apply online.