9 years ago I defended the private data of Ukrainians from the Russian government — and lost my company and my home. I would do it again without hesitation. t.me/durov/179

The unsealed charges against Durov are insane. If sustained, I don't see how tech founders could possibly travel to France, much less hire in France. This is economic suicide and is rapidly and permanently changing the perception of founders and investors.

This is how it’s done, tho unclear how much leverage UAE will be able to bring to bear. But dare I say the United Arab Emirates are already doing more for Internet freedom here than both US Democrats controlling the State Dept and US Republicans controlling the House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority.

shall we arrest the writers at the guardian? my thoughts on the increasingly unhinged calls to jail our entrepreneurs in this morning’s @piratewires daily 👇

WESTERN ANTI-DEMOCRACIES The underlying issue is that "democratic" governments are actually wildly democratically unpopular, as you can see from the recent image below: Basically, Washington DC and its Western European satellite states would not retain control — or the ability

📺 martin_casado on SB1047 and AI regulation and safety SB 1047 just passed the California assembly. The proposed legislation in California impacting large AI models - has sparked fierce debate and criticism. You’ve probably seen multiple op-eds, tweets, articles and as we