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In my 20 years of managing discussion platforms, I noticed that conspiracy theories only strengthen each time their content is removed by moderators. Instead of putting an end to wrong ideas, censorship often makes it harder to fight them.

— Pavel Durov

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Referring to the suppression of the COVID-19 lab leak theory on social media platforms

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