The murder of conservative American influencer Charlie Kirk is an attack on freedom of speech, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has said, warning that other liberties could soon be at risk as well.
Kirk “fought for open debate, and enemies of truth hated him for it,” Durov wrote in a Telegram post, paying tribute to the activist, who was shot on Wednesday while addressing thousands of students at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.
US officials have described the killing as a targeted political assassination, while Durov called it a direct “assault on free speech.”
“Once free speech is lost, every other freedom soon…
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