PANews reported on October 10th that Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on his 41st birthday that he had "no intention of celebrating." He warned that the free internet is being increasingly controlled by various countries through measures such as digital identity verification, online age verification for minors, and private message scanning. He mentioned relevant practices in the UK, Australia, the EU, Germany, and France. He said that the current generation may be "the last free generation" and called for digital resistance to safeguard privacy, speech, and market freedoms.PANews reported on October 10th that Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on his 41st birthday that he had "no intention of celebrating." He warned that the free internet is being increasingly controlled by various countries through measures such as digital identity verification, online age verification for minors, and private message scanning. He mentioned relevant practices in the UK, Australia, the EU, Germany, and France. He said that the current generation may be "the last free generation" and called for digital resistance to safeguard privacy, speech, and market freedoms.

                                                                               Powell said the Federal Open Market Committee is weighing interest rates on a meeting-by-meeting basis, with no long-term consensus.                     US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the 19 members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) remain divided on additional interest rate cuts in 2025.At Wednesday’s press conference after the Fed’s 25-basis-point rate cut, Powell said the central bank is trying to balance its dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability in an unusual environment where the labor market is weakening even as inflation remains elevated. Powell said:Powell said that the “median” FOMC projection from the Federal Reserve’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), the Fed’s quarterly outlook for the US economy that informs interest rate decisions, projected interest rates at 3.6% at the end of 2025, 3.4% by the end of 2026, and 3.1% at the end of 2027.Read more