Elon Musk Jumps in Support of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov And $TON Crypto Team Says $TON Blockchain Will Always Remain Operational
Elon Musk announced his full support for Pavel Durov with multiple facts and supported his vision of free speech.
Today, we reported that Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested by the authorities in France over his failure to prohibit the misuse of the Telegram platform for alleged suspicious content-sharing activities like child pornographic video clips and money laundering. Following news of his arrest, the trade price of the Telegram ecosystem’s popular crypto token $TON crashed significantly.
TON Crypto Response
In response to the news, the TON Community released a statement to calm fears and reassure supporters. They emphasised their commitment to freedom of speech and decentralisation, expressing solidarity with Durov and affirming their dedication to their mission. The community urged supporters to remain calm, united, and focused on their goals during this challenging time.
Elon Musk’s Support for Telegram Founder
Many people alleged that the French authorities are against the Telegram founder because he was supporting the vision of free speech via his messaging platform. Amid this critical situation, Elon Musk joined these speculations and confirmed that Pavel is under the custody of French authorities because of his vision of free speech.
Elon Musk said that this is just like a person getting arrested because of liking a meme.
In another tweet, Musk said this is a very dangerous time.
Popular American businessman & politician Vivek Ramaswamy said that today Telegram is facing this issue, later one day X (formerly Twitter) will also face the same issue.
Musk responded and said that there are 100% possibilities for similar kinds of actions against himself.
In another tweet, Musk shared a video clip of CNBC news media & said that there is no guarantee of free speech.
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