Pavel Durov remarked that on his 41st birthday, he felt no urge to celebrate, expressing a deep conviction that “our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers.” He warned that the internet, once a space for free expression, is rapidly becoming a mechanism for government control.
In his X post, Durov cited examples of countries adopting restrictive measures — including digital IDs in the U.K., online age verification in Australia, and mass surveillance of private messages in the European Union. Durov said critics are being punished across Europe, from Germany prosecuting dissenters to the U.K. jailing people for social media posts and France targeting tech leaders who defend privacy.
He described this as the rise of a “dark, dystopian world” and cautioned that today’s generation may be remembered as the last to have true freedom — deceived by the illusion of liberty while it quietly disappears. “We’ve been made to believe that the greatest fight of our generation is to destroy everything our forefathers left us: tradition, privacy, sovereignty, the free market, and free speech.”
Durov lamented that society has veered away from the principles once honored by earlier generations, warning that this betrayal is dragging humanity into a spiraling decline of moral decay. “By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we’ve set ourselves on a path toward self-destruction — moral, intellectual, economic, and ultimately biological,” the Telegram founder said in his long-form X post.
Durov added:
“So no, I’m not going to celebrate today. I’m running out of time. WE are running out of time.”
Though often cast as a tech entrepreneur, Durov’s message signals a deeper ideological stand—a call to arms for those unwilling to watch freedom vanish behind euphemisms and digital chains. His words channel not only frustration but a pointed demand for awareness, urging individuals to confront uncomfortable truths about censorship, conformity, and the systematic dismantling of liberty disguised as progress.
His post wasn’t just a critique of governments; it was a challenge to the public: recognize what is being lost before it’s too late. As millions resonated with his warning, Durov’s birthday message transformed into a rallying cry—one that insists on vigilance, courage, and refusal to be complicit in a future built on silence.
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