San Francisco: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, voiced his strong support for Telegram Founder Pavel Durov on Sunday, advocating for justice and fairness in the face of Mark Zuckerberg’s alleged ‘massive child exploitation’ on his Meta-owned Instagram.
The billionaire’s response came in the wake of the arrest of Pavel Durov, the Russian-born inventor and owner of the renowned encrypted messaging service Telegram, in France. Durov now faces a potential 20-year jail term on charges related to his platform.
According to Musk, Meta Founder March Zuckerberg has “already caved into censorship pressure.”
“Instagram has a massive child exploitation problem, but no arrest for Zuck, as he censors free speech and gives governments backdoor access to user data,” the X owner posted.
He further said, “It’s 2030 in Europe, and you’re being executed for liking a meme.”
“It is vital to the support of free speech that you forward X posts to people you know, especially in censorship-heavy countries,” the tech billionaire mentioned.
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Zuckerberg apologised to the families of victims of online child sex abuse during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in February of this year.
The billionaire entrepreneur apologised to parents, “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should go through the things that your families have suffered.”
“And this is why we invest so much and we are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer,” he added.
In May of this year, Musk stated that Zuckerberg-controlled Meta is “super greedy” in taking credit for marketers who execute campaigns on its platform.
The X owner replied, “We are terrible at claiming credit, and Meta is super greedy at claiming credit.”
Musk and Zuckerberg’s rivalry is well-known. Some time ago, they appeared to be planning a “cage fight”—dubbed the fight of the century—but the highly anticipated battle was cancelled.
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