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Massive clampdown on free speech: Founder of Telegram arrested, face 20 years in prison… “A living warning to any platform owner who refuses to censor the truth”

August 25, 2024 8:22 am

Pavel Durov left Russia when the government tried to control his social media company, Telegram But in the end, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech. It was a western country, a Biden …

Chinese arrests jump nearly 50% amid clampdown on ‘hostile foreign forces’

March 20, 2024 8:41 am

Chinese authorities arrested 726,000 people last year, a jump of 47.1% from the previous year, the country’s chief prosecutor told the National People’s Congress that ended Monday amid a crackdown on crimes linked to “hostile foreign forces.” Authorities also formally …