Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on his arrival in France on Saturday, August 24, as part of an amnesty process for terrorism and cyber-harassment, accusing Telegram of complicity in several drug-trafficking cases. Mr. Durov, accompanied by his bodyguard and assistant, was arrested at Le Bourget airport when he arrived in Paris to spend the evening. expressed by TF1/LCI.
At the center of the case is Mr. There have been persistent allegations of lack of moderation on the site managed by Durov. With nearly a billion users worldwide, a large number of them in former socialist republics including Russia and Ukraine, Telecom has become, along with WhatsApp, one of the world’s largest messaging services. A success is linked to its discussion group activities, but its large-scale lack of moderation.
Mr. who is said to be a libertarian. Durov says he’s up against anything “audit”and its use only cooperates to a very limited extent with legal requests and requests to close accounts or discussion groups. A situation that is taken advantage of by many users: it only takes a few minutes of searching on Telegram to find groups promoting drugs or false documents, promoting terrorism or cryptocurrency scams.
Due to his lack of cooperation and lack of use, Mr. Durov is targeted with an arrest warrant in France: Ofmin, responsible for the fight against violence against minors, has launched a discretionary investigation into the distribution of child pornography. In Telegram. According to AFP, the investigation involved several intelligence services for crimes ranging from cyberharassment to organized crime. Requested by the worldTelegram did not respond by the time of publishing this article.
It is the first time in the world that the CEO of such a popular application has been arrested – the only comparable case was ordered by a Brazilian judge in 2016. A senior local Facebook executive was arrestedA quick release. In the past, many governments have tried or threatened to block Telegram, but none have done as much as Mr. No arrest warrants were issued for Durov or his close associates.
In early 2022, Germany, irritated by the platform’s lack of cooperation in an investigation into a far-right movement suspected of plotting a coup, threatened to block the applicationBefore an agreement was reached, its content was not made public. In the late 2010s, Russia — without much success — tried to block the service in its region, accusing Telegram of not cooperating with its investigative services, before giving up. Just last week, Telegram came under heavy criticism from the French professional soccer league, which accused them of not managing pirated streams of Ligue 1 matches.
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