KSA Spectre / Tyler Hoban

2022-03-07 02:50:54 Ironically the only thing I seem to talk about on my Telegram channel is Telegram, many people may come to the conclusion that I have abandoned this channel but it really isn't the case. I just sometimes have truly nothing to talk about that I think would be interesting to a broad group of people.

Regardless I'm going to commit to saying at least something here every so often, as im tired of people leaving but then coming right back when some aggregator reposts me.

Back to the first part, I'm talking about Telegram again today. While Telegram has normally been a bastion of free speech and has never really censored things platform wide unless they are direct calls to violence (this excludes filtering that is required and done on behalf of Apple and Google to remain on their stores, which is a whole other point entirely) recently some channels have been blocked with the message "This channel cannot be displayed because it violated local laws".

The biggest of channels to be hit with this recently are 2 media outlets that are (reported to be) controlled by the Russian state. Now, while of course I am not a fan of people eating up hogwash from any government regardless of national affiliation I think it's fair to say that regardless of bias, belief, and influence any media publication has the right to continue existing so long as they do not directly call to violence against any individual or group.

Telegram should defend every single entity, or it is not truly a "free speech platform". Just a "somewhat" less biased and censored application.

The absolute lowest part of this is even Meta has not taken the same actions in the United States (although they have in Europe), It makes me wonder if it is truly time to move on again. Something I felt would probably never be the case here.

Telegram's staff don't read what I say and I won't act with such a level of self importance as to demand that they do, but I really wish that this practice would be reversed. It's at best the classic slippery slope, or at worst a sign of the end times. Open / Comment

2021-09-29 00:05:18 On Telegram, people can publicly express reasonable concerns about vaccines. Large Telegram channels are one of the few remaining places on the Internet where users can raise their voice against various anti-Covid measures, which they feel have restricted their rights.

What Telegram does not allow, however, is the distribution of calls for violence via public channels. Inciting violence has been prohibited by the Terms of Service of Telegram since 2015, so we take action every time this line is crossed. Yesterday we had to shut down an Italian channel "stopdittatura", which incited subscribers to harm medical doctors and other public officials related to vaccinations. Unfortunately, the channel admins failed to act even after our team warned them about the violation.

We also had to block a similar German public channel "menschenreise_diskussion", which, just like "stopdittatura", had over 40,000 subscribers and actively incited violence against doctors. Such channels violate Telegram's rules, the rules of Apple and Google and also local laws.

It's OK to fight for your rights.
It's not OK to harm other people. Open / Comment

2021-09-29 00:05:18 Shoutout to Telegram yet again for not Thanos snapping anyone who mentions the jab Open / Comment

2021-09-02 01:25:54 For anyone that was not informed privately, I am currently on vacation and will not be available for anything unless I know you personally. Please just hold back your DMs/Emails/etc.. and let me enjoy my vacation. If it's an absolute emergency or something feel free to contact me. Open / Comment

2021-08-28 06:38:06 My follows are going back up again, and I have received a lot of support in Direct Messages about the current situation. Thanks for everyone who is spreading the word and helping out! I appreciate it. Open / Comment

2021-08-27 23:16:01 So, it has come to my attention that the "anti hate raid" community has posted my information online. Despite not having anything to do with any raids that are going on.

Aren't you guys supposed to defend creators and not attack them? As someone who formerly was a Twitch streamer and may still technically go back to that stuff at some point I find it kinda ridiculous. Open / Comment

2021-07-26 23:18:24 GET OFF BIG TECH PLATFORMS NOW Open / Comment

2021-07-02 10:14:16 Open / Comment

2021-07-02 10:14:15 Based Open / Comment

2021-06-20 06:05:20 There has been a fake account going around pretending to be me and attempting to gain access to various things. I can’t elaborate on specifics because it may be used to refine attacks in the future.

I won’t even provide IDs or account names for security but if you get a suspicious message from someone claiming to be me you should block them and move on.

If you know anything about this please send me a DM to my real account @TylerHoban. The one I’ve always had and is linked in the channel bio.

As far as I am aware nothing has been comprised but I will continue to look into things. It was important to get the word out now regardless to prevent what I can Open / Comment