Pavel Durov in Conversation with Thor Halvorssen
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, joins Human Rights Foundation CEO and founder, Thor Halvorssen, in a rare and wide-ranging conversation on digital freedom, state censorship, and the responsibilities of tech creators in the modern world. Durov recounts how Telegram became a lifeline for protest movements from Belarus to Hong Kong and what may be around the corner for encrypted communications tools. As governments demand more control over online platforms, Durov lays out his vision for a secure, decentralized future where privacy, encryption, and free expression are non-negotiable.
Shortly after this Durov announced a joint venture with Elon Musk, to integrate the GROK AI with Telegram. Why not one of the Chinese ones?
The Orwellian named “Oslo Freedom Forum” is the European version of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) or USAID–a Western regime change outfit cloaked as a crusader for freedom and democracy. The above reference praising Telegram’s role in fomenting “protest movements from Belarus to Hong Kong” is an inadvertent giveaway… Read more »
it makes no sense when Putin specifically said other US Tech should be “crushed” in Russia. Musk is as much deep state as the rest. Why would Durov do that?
WOW. Are you trying to trigger us Amarynth! I do not follow this or any other “celebrity” but the leading image says it all. Immaturity: wasted best years of life shaping his body in a gym Vanity: implanted a hairpiece to hide balding Roman Pretensions: wears a toga, to make… Read more »
I knew the men were going to cry in despair! I chose that image yes, but actually the man’s girlfriend is a photographer and stylist, so, he has a few photos where she did a desert theme. There are not many, as he does not chase press, does not go… Read more »
OK. Let’s give him benefit of doubt. A brilliant, shy guy dressed up by girlfriend, forced into cringe ritual scene. But he’s a genius and surely knows the occult meaning and use of goats, togas, and god-like poses?? He musta surfed the internet and bumped into the Illuminati, and darker… Read more »
He is just a good tech, brilliant and a good businessman whose app made it big and I don’t know of any harm that he has done. I follow for tech notes and so now and again he writes a bit of a life story with an ordinary family pic.… Read more »