Most of us willingly carry tracking devices – our phones – and allow corporations to use our private data to target us with content that keeps us distracted with low-quality entertainment. Every year we give up more power and control over our lives to a handful of unaccountable corporate executives we didn't elect. Today, Apple and Google censor information and apps on our phones while Visa and Mastercard limit what goods and services we can pay for. 20 years ago we had decentralized Internet and a relatively unrestricted banking system.
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Most studies show humanity is now less free than several years ago. But when it comes to individual freedoms, the opposite is true. We generally assume that the world is becoming a better place every year. That’s why spreading the truth will always be a more efficient strategy than engaging in censorship. Instead of putting an end to wrong ideas, censorship often makes it harder to fight them. In my 20 years of managing discussion platforms, I noticed that conspiracy theories only strengthen each time their content is removed by moderators. Today we call upon more governments to join the Telegram anti-Covid initiative to make sure more people around the world get access critical knowledge that can save lives. That's why we worked with 19 governments to help them reach out to every Telegram user in their countries with up-to-date information on the pandemic. At the same time, we felt that our users had the right to be informed about Covid by official sources that reflected scientific consensus. Telegram never blocked posts discussing the lab leak theory, because we didn't think it's our role to decide for our users what they should believe. They can also fundamentally undermine people's trust in the neutrality of social media platforms, and jeopardize future efforts to fight misinformation. Such instances make combating fake news and misinformation particularly challenging. Today, however, this theory is on its way to becoming the mainstream scientific view of how the virus originated. Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms blocked posts promoting the lab leak theory.
Just a year ago, the idea that the virus originated from a Wuhan Lab was dismissed as a conspiracy theory. A good example is how quickly humanity changed its mind over the origins of Covid. In fact, we won't even have to wait 100 years, as the speed of change is accelerating. The chances that our present-day convictions will remain relevant by 2121 are slim. Most people living in 1921 shared views that today are considered quaint at best, and dangerous at worst. In the history of human beliefs, change is the only constant. What used to be a ridiculous idea yesterday can become the predominant opinion today, only to turn into an obsolete notion tomorrow. Every few decades there is a drastic change in how we view important societal and scientific problems.
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