They can order Signal to turn over data (and the have) and signal has complied when it was legally required of them to do so, handing over all of their no data.
That's the difference.
If that weren't true they wouldn't be so constantly upset about E2EE.
Specifically, they have the technological ability to prevent some crimes on their platform and have repeatedly refused to do so, or even engage with attempts to do so. Because they're not E2EE they can see what everyone is doing and are therefore legally required to step in when someone is (for example) selling drugs on their platform.
Signal (etc) have no insight into the actions of their users and when they are legally required to take action they do, they take the minimal legally required action (unlike other services from, ex, Apple). Signal follows the law, Telegram does not.
States are really pissy about E2EE for this (and other) reasons. They want to get rid of it because they want to monitor all private conversations. That's why E2EE is important.
It's definitely not willfully ignorance given they collect the data.
I get it, i don't want to live in China but i don't want to live in whatever Elon Musk has planned for the US, either, and his wealth gives him undue influence over... pretty much everything. You're not convincing me you've got a consistent take here if you're cool with Twitter but not TikTok.
Yet nobody cares about US companies like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube manipulating public opinion with their algorithms.
"That's communism!"
No, really.
For example, Minnesota (and to a lesser extent Wisconsin) keeps planning light rail/high speed rail projects but they keep getting killed by Republicans who take office. Why do they kill it? Mostly i don't think they say, or make some vague claims about "budget" (while providing no actual explanation or justification). However, if you listen to their base it's because they believe trains are communist and communism is bad.
(And if you never actually build it then it's really cheap!)
If i remember correctly the justification was pretty much "trust me, bro".
It sure as fuck does!
Hadn't seen that before but given what else i know about him it's not really surprising...
Gallery websites are a far fucking cry from the kind of interaction and community you could get from Tumblr and even Twitter at its peak. There's also a ton of stuff you just can't post (or maybe that's "view"? Or "view while logged out"?) on a site like paheal. e621 is a little more libertine, i guess. From an artist's perspective, both of these are trash. From a queer perspective they kinda suck, too, and the tagging systems on both sites leave much to be desired. Yeah, maybe for consuming porn these can be replacements but i am not convinced at all.
I think it's pretty well known they want to nuke and pave the Middle East. The only question is whether they'd include Israel in that or not.