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arresting a CEO because of something like a lack of moderators on their site feels like a stretch and a dangerous precedent.
Think of it like arresting a bank's CEO for not funding a financial crime department and allowing international terrorists, drug cartels and child porn rings free rein to spread their tentacles, because profit. Would that be a stretch or something that makes total sense? The fact that it never happens notwithstanding.
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Banks were fined a pittance for money laundering as well as causing normal customers a bunch of grief with their new KYC rules. Was anyone prosecuted?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59689581
hippy
One thing someone recently mentioned, and not in a conspiracist way, was that many western countries have secret courts overseeing national security issues. At least in the US, people summoned or presented to the court often have very intense gag orders, so they can’t breath a word about the proceedings without guaranteed federal prison time.
I’m no fan of telegram as it’s a well known tool of the Russian state, but arresting a CEO because of something like a lack of moderators on their site feels like a stretch and a dangerous precedent.