Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Warns That New Spanish Regulations Threaten Internet Freedom

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Telegram founder Pavel Durov warns that new regulations in Spain threaten internet freedom, with main risks including:

1. Banning users under 16 from social platforms and enforcing identity verification;

2. Platform executives being personally criminally liable for illegal or harmful content;

3. Convictions for algorithmically amplifying “harmful” content;

4. Tracking of “hate and division footprints.”