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This is ridiculous, if any platform on which "users praised _illegal things_" were banned every single website in the world would be banned.

> This is what would happen anywhere else in the world, see the last incident between France and telegram

Telegram wasn't banned in France

There is a (very wide) spectrum between full censorship due to a few "users" and complete freedom to the point of being the backbone of illegal cartels

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That’s because they had access to the founder and threatened him imprisonment.

And why does everyone who replies to me leave behind the main point on the article?

It’s not “just” people said something’s here. It’s that in response to a very real crime , the authorities were denied assistance by the platform.

It’s like saying that telegram was in trouble because people said some stuff. Nope, telegram in trouble for not cooperating with the government.

'a very real crime". Is celebrating a murder, a real crime? I know INCITING is in most places. How about laughing about it? Minimizing it? Making. jokes about? Having a conspiracy theory about it? I don't know Turkey' s laws, but I suspect almost all of these are legal in free speech oriented places.

> ... every single website in the world would be banned.

Doesn't seem to be even slightly true, as not every website in the world has that crap.

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