
The Dark Side of Internet Control: Durov’s Warning
Post 462 on Durov’s official channel immediately went into “scream mode”: “ The end of the free internet. The free internet is becoming a tool of control .” No birthday wishes. Durov explains that he doesn’t feel like celebrating because, in his opinion, his generation “is running out of time to save the free Internet our fathers built for us.” What until recently seemed like the promise of an open and free web, a place for sharing, exchange, and information, is now turning into the “most powerful tool of control ever created.” Durov doesn’t go easy: he names Western governments and states










