One meta-note on the situation, is that in my timeline I have seen exactly zero non-western people defending Durov's arrest, but quite a few western people.

Definitely don't want to say that they don't exist (after all, my timeline is biased just like anyone's), just this is what my sample is so far.

IMO this is another example of the decoupling of liberalism and westernism that https://x.com/MacaesBruno often talks about.

Sadly, the general Asian opinion is a little different, and there is a strong opinion that Telegram should be controlled, especially in South Korea.

There are people who think that a series of problems that occur through Telegram, drugs, sex crimes, etc. are problems of Telegram itself, and they think that Telegram should be controlled by the state.

Actually, I don't understand them.