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Christine Hall (brideoflinux@mastodon.opencloud.lu)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 00:03:16 JST Christine Hall

"On January 4, 2021 a Proud Boy named Travis instructed everyone on the Proud Boys’ Ministry of Self Defense Telegram list to “nuke everything.” Because of the way Telegram persists on individual phones, it didn’t work. Two years later, that text was introduced as evidence against the Proud Boys to show that already on January 4, they knew they had something to hide": The Proud Boys' Reliance on Telegram Didn't Save Them, But It Thwarted Preventing the Attackl https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/26/the-proud-boys-reliance-on-telegram-didnt-save-them-but-it-thwarted-preventing-the-attack/
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  The Proud Boys' sedition trial and the prosecution of Enrique Tarrio's DC cop buddy, Shane Lamond show that Telegram can be absolutely central to a successful prosecution. Where it may provide criminals their greatest advantage, however, is in trying to prevent future crime.

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