Who will be left online? Mostly brain-numbed snow-flakes who live in a perpetual simulacrum, who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality. This is the race to the bottom for humanity. ? Patrick Wood, Editor.

EU lawmakers have sought to introduce Chat Control, while the UK and Australia are on track for digital ID systems. Pavel Durov warns that these "dystopian" measures must be stopped.

Messaging app Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov warns that a "dark, dystopian world" is approaching, with governments worldwide rolling back privacy protections.

"I'm turning 41, but I don't feel like celebrating. Our generation is running out of time to save the free internet built for us by our fathers," said Durov in an X post on Thursday.