Martin Gak:
So telegram sent a political propaganda message attacking Pedro Sanchez to every single Spanish user. Think of that... a non national actor building a political campaign with unparalleled reach. Every Spanish user...
I have to give it to Pavel Durov. He managed to show in under 200 words what I’ve been trying to argue for years: digital infrastructure is critical infrastructure and unprotected it amounts to a massive security vulnerability that endangers the state, its citizens and its democratic rule.
By hijacking Spain’s national communication with a parallel national communication system to push a call for political subversion against efforts to protect children and uphold the law, he showed what happens when critical infrastructure is not protected or is allowed to fall into the wrong hands.
This episode also explains why far-right networks across the West are panicking over threats to their propaganda channels. The stakes are clear: control over digital infrastructure shapes public discourse, legal integrity, and the safety of the most vulnerable. Indeed, Telegram, Twitter, Insta and Tiktok are the main instrument of the new emerging FachoInter.
